ROLE OF INTRA-UTERINE INSEMINATION AND SPERM PREPARATION TECHNIQUES IN TREATMENT OF UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY AND MALE INFERTILITY.

Role of intrauterine insemination (IUI) in infertile couples is evaluated. Patients selected for the study belonged to two categories-Unexplained infertility(34 patients) and Male infertility (30 patients). In all the patients selected for IUI ovarian hyperstimulation was carried out with clomiphene citrate. Two techniques of sperm preparation were used - swim-up technique and mono-percoll gradient separation technique. Pregnancy rates of 15.6% per patient and 7% per cycle respectively were achieved which are comparable with other studies. Mono-percoll sperm separation technique was found more effective in treatment of Male infertility (oligo-asthenospermic semen sample).