Evaluation of the Success Rate of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) in Isfahan Shahid Beheshti Infertility Center

Today usage of assisted reproductive techniques (ART), has been resolved the problem of many infertile couples. Repeated treatment cycles, long time and high cost, problems due to repeated anesthesia, has been directed the researchers to find ways to predict the success rate of each methods. This study aimed to evaluate the success of assisted reproductive techniques in Isfahan Shahid Beheshti infertility center.

This study was a retrospective study on 71 couples were referred to this center during the first six months of 1392 for assisted reproductive techniques. The main criterion for a positive result was clinical pregnancy two weeks after embryo transfer. Required information such as age, semen analysis and outcome of assisted reproductive techniques, were obtained from patient's medical records.

Of all couples, 42 cases were treated with intrauterine insemination (IUI) and 29 cases were treated with in vitro fertilization (IVF/ICSI). 23.8% of IUI cycles and 24.1% of IVF / ICSI cycles were successful. The average of age and duration of infertility in both successful and unsuccessful IUI groups were not statistically significant, while this average in the cases of IVF/ICSI was significant. Also there was no significant differences between sperm parameters in successful and unsuccessful IUI treated groups, but in IVF/ICSI treated group we found significant differences in the percent offast motile sperms between successful and unsuccessful groups.

Conventional analysis of semen and couple’s age cannot predict the outcome of IUI, but the success rate of IVF/ICSI is related to the age of couples, as well as shorter duration of infertility and better semen parameters.