Location of semen collection and time interval from collection to use for intrauterine insemination
Received 4 October 2006; received in revised form 11 January 2007; accepted 11 January 2007. published online 16 March 2007.
The location of semen collection (home vs. clinic) for IUI did not affect pregnancy rates in a general infertility population (633 IUI cycles from 335 patients), if World Health Organization guidelines for time from specimen collection to use were followed. The time interval from semen collection to IUI was not different between patients who conceived and those who did not (pregnant vs. nonpregnant, 70 ± 19 minutes vs. 73 ± 18 minutes).
Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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Conflict of interest: Gyun Jee Song: none; Rita Herko: none; Vivian Lewis: Wyeth Ayerst Research M and Glaxo Smith Kline M.
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