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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2022

Pregnancy rate in intrauterine insemination, is uterine biophysical profile of predictive value? A prospective study.

Nazanin Farshchian, Taravat Fakheri, Parisa Bahrami Kamangar, Hassan Lorestani, Javid Azadbakht

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nazanin FarshchianDepartment of Radiology, Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Taravat FakheriDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Parisa Bahrami KamangarDepartment of Radiology, Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Hassan LorestaniDepartment of Radiology, Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Javid AzadbakhtDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Qotb Ravandi Blvd., 8715981151, Kashan, Iran. Javidazadbakht2@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6774-3333
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRKashan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed at evaluating the value of uterine biophysical profile (UBP) scoring to predict the pregnancy rate after IUI.

methodsThis prospective study was carried out on 85 women who were referred to our tertiary teaching center with infertility of male factor or unknown etiology infertility in 2018. To measure the uterine biophysical criteria, transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) was performed on the day of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) injection, and the results were evaluated based on positive B-hCG.

results85 patients were included with a mean age of 30 years; of those 12 (14.1%) were able to conceive. UBP (p = 0.151) and it's parameters (including endometrial thickness, number of endometrial layers, myometrial echogenicity, uterine artery pulsatility index, myometrial blood flow internal to arcuate vessels, endometrial blood flow in the third zone of endometrium, myometrial contraction frequency, and ovarian follicle (OF) size [p = 0.05, 0.89, 0.59, 0.79, 1, 1, 0.59, and 0.77, respectively]) were not significantly associated with pregnancy rate. 91.7% of the cases with positive pregnancy test results, had a UBP score of > 13; however, UBP score was not meaningfully associated with IUI treatment success rate (p = 0.15).

conclusionsUBP scoring system seems to need more data for external validation, or it might require modifications before implementation, as it may cause false reassurance.

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InfertilityInsemination, ArtificialAdultChorionic GonadotropinFemaleHumansMalePregnancyPregnancy RateProspective StudiesUterusChorionic GonadotropinInfertilityInseminationPregnancy rateUltrasound

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