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ReviewJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India2017

A New Dawn for Intrauterine Insemination: Efficient and Prudent Practice will Benefit Patients, the Fertility Industry and the Healthcare Bodies.

Gulam Bahadur, Roy Homburg, Ansam Al-Habib

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Review in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gulam BahadurReproductive Medicine Unit, North Middlesex University Hospital, Old Admin Block, Sterling Way, London, N18 1QX UK.
Roy HomburgHomerton Fertility Unit, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, London, E9 6SR UK.
Ansam Al-HabibReproductive Medicine Unit, North Middlesex University Hospital, Old Admin Block, Sterling Way, London, N18 1QX UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review addresses the misplaced facts about the IUI procedure within a lucrative fertility industry. Evidence suggests IUI must be a first-line treatment option for most couples except in cases of bilateral tubal blockage and severe oligozoospermia. We introduce the concept of using 'consecutive ejaculation' in men with subfertility and one which can radically alter the male infertility definition, thereby providing a new approach to examining and managing male factor infertility. The review also explores various aspects affecting the IUI procedure, its determinants of success, risks and areas for future improvements. Areas such as choice of patients, clinical management of patients, the type of stimulation regime, timing and the management of sperm usage have significant bearing to whether IUI will succeed. The paper asserts that IUI should be the first choice of fertility treatment.

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PMID28405113
PMCPMC5371520

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