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Ginekologia i Poloznictwo
ISSN 1896-3315 e-ISSN 1898-0759

Impact of the sperm swim-up technique in semen processing on the success of Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) for Iraqi infertile couples


Abstract

Author(s): Saba Sabeh Hussain, Muhjah Falah Hassan, Safa Jihad, Hayder Ridha-Salman*

Infertility is a medical health problem that has risen in the community recently. It is a sensitive topic to discuss in the Iraqi community due to culture issues, which makes finding the right treatment a hard mission. Infertile couples always face social stigma, which leads to depression and anxiety. Our aim of study is to examine the elements that could predict a successful IUI. Our project mainly performed in a private infertility clinic and partially in the public clinic for the period of time from September 2021 to May 2022. 200 Infertile couples have been chosen for the IUI treatments. We observe and study the clinical pregnancy outcomes rate to know the effect of Sperm swim-up technique of semen processing, we found that media activated the sperm had led to significant increases in the sperm activity and vitality which reflected clinically on increase pregnancy rate.