Does tenaculum application to the cervix during intrauterine insemination affect pregnancy rates?

dc.contributor.authorBalci, Osman
dc.contributor.authorAcar, Ali
dc.contributor.authorColakoglu, Mehmet Cengiz
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:38:17Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:38:17Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntrauterine insemination (IUI) consists of sperm cell extraction from seminal plasma and artificial transfer into the uterine cavity. We investigated whether tenaculum application to the cervix during IUI affects pregnancy rates. A prospective study was done on 468 primary infertile women. Recombinant follicle stimulating hormone was used in ovulation induction. The women were divided randomly into Group 1 (n = 236) and Group 2 (n = 232) without and with tenaculum application to the cervix, respectively. After IUI, a five-minute sagittal plane uterine ultrasound scan was done in all cases. Uterine contraction was recorded. The women were evaluated for pregnancy rates. Uterine contraction was significantly higher in Group 2 (p < 0.001). In all, 24 patients in Group 1 (10.7%) and 38 in Group 2 (17.6%) achieved pregnancy (OR = 1.78, 95% CI 1.03-3.08; p = 0.038). Tenaculum application to the cervix increases immediate uterine contraction, but higher pregnancy rates may be obtained.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00016340903118000en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1056en_US
dc.identifier.issn0001-6349en_US
dc.identifier.issue9en_US
dc.identifier.pmid19639458en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1053en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00016340903118000
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/23431
dc.identifier.volume88en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000269094900018en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS ASen_US
dc.relation.ispartofACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICAen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectIntrauterine inseminationen_US
dc.subjectcervical manipulationen_US
dc.subjectuterine contractionen_US
dc.subjectpregnancy ratesen_US
dc.titleDoes tenaculum application to the cervix during intrauterine insemination affect pregnancy rates?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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