A COMPARISON OF RESULTS OF IUI WITH BORDERLINE SPERM PARAMETERS VS IUI WITH NORMAL SPERM PARAMETERS IN OTHERWISE NORMAL COUPLES.

Abstract

Infertility due to male factor is on the rise due to many factors like sedentary lifestyles, westernization of diet and habits, prolonged work hours and increased stress etc. This study aims to validate the importance of intra-uterine insemination with borderline sperm parameters which is reported to be on the rise these days. A study involving 850 cases, of which 570 cases with borderline sperm counts and 290 cases with normal sperm counts were taken into consideration and intra-uterine insemination, was carried out for both the study groups. The success rates for both the study groups were compared with respect to the number of cycles of insemination done. However, earlier research suggests that the overall outcome of IUI depends on sperm quality, motility and concentration of the processed sperms used for insemination.