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Fertil Steril ; 96(6): 1350-4, 2011 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21958691

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OBJECTIVE: To assess sperm morphology with Tygerberg (strict) and World Health Organization (WHO) 3rd criteria for intrauterine inseminations (IUI) between two eras to determine if there was a difference in pregnancy rates. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Academic institution. PATIENT(S): 127 couples with 290 IUI treatments during 1996-97 (era 1) and 133 couples with 317 IUI treatments during 2005-06 (era 2). INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Pregnancy rates per cycle and couple. RESULT(S): Average sperm morphology was higher in era 1 than era 2 for both WHO 3rd (37 ± 13% vs. 23 ± 10%) and strict criteria (8.0 ± 5.0% vs. 4.0 ± 3.0%). Pregnancy rates per cycle were 5.9% versus 19.8% in era 1 and 16.7% versus 19.3% in era 2 for couples with WHO 3rd morphology <30% or ≥30%, respectively. Pregnancy rates per cycle were 2.7% versus 15.0% in era 1 and 13.3% versus 14.7% in era 2 for couples with strict morphology ≤4% or >4%, respectively. CONCLUSION(S): There was a strong relationship between morphology and IUI outcome in era 1 that was not present in era 2. These results suggest that classification drift increased the percentage of men diagnosed with teratozoospermia and resulted in a loss of predictive value.


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Infertility, Male/diagnosis , Semen Analysis/methods , Semen Analysis/trends , Spermatozoa/classification , Spermatozoa/cytology , Adult , Cell Shape/physiology , Female , Humans , Infertility, Male/etiology , Insemination, Artificial , Male , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Rate , Retrospective Studies , Time Factors
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