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Comparing the clinical outcomes of intrauterine insemination by two different density gradient preparation methods
Yung-Chieh Tsai1, Mike Yan-Sheng Lin, Sheng-Hsieg Chen
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chi Mei Foundation Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. yung0613@ms2.hinet.net
Background:
Sperm preparation has play an integral part in the success of in-vitro fertilization. The aim of this study was to compare 2 different density gradient preparations for sperm separation in respect to sperm recovery, motility, motion parameters and clinical outcome after intrauterine insemination.
Methods:
One-hundred and 21 women who received intrauterine insemination due to ovulation dysfunction were randomly allocated into 2 groups, using either the Percoll (Amersham, Pharmacia Biotech AB, Sweden) or the PureSperm (Nidacon, Göteborg, Sweden) density gradient method for sperm preparation. The characteristics of sperm before and after separation and the clinical outcome of intrauterine insemination were compared between the 2 groups.
Results:
PureSperm and Percoll demonstrated comparable ability to recover the sperms with progressive motility. There was no difference in motion parameters and the number of sperm recovered with progressive motility between the Percoll and the PureSperm density gradient preparations. The clinical pregnancy rate was also comparable between the 2 groups, 12.5% (7/56) in the PureSperm group compared to 13.8% (9/65) in the Percoll group, (p > 0.05).
Conclusions:
Despite using different density composition and volume, PureSperm demonstrated clinical effect comparable to that of Percoll in preparing sperm for intrauterine insemination.
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