Factors Affecting Pregnancy Outcome in Subfertile Couples Subjected to Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection.

Abstract

Objectives: Studying some Factors Affecting pregnancy outcome in subfertile couples subjected to intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Methodology: study performed in fertility center in Al-Sadder teaching hospital in Al-Najaf city during the period between October 2012 and April 2013 , the study include 140 subfertile couples that subjected to intracytoplasmic sperm injection(ICSI).

Results: the results show some factors that affect pregnancy outcome like women age, cause and type of infertility. The results revealed that the age of women was significantly affect the pregnancy outcome, also the results show that sperm quality more important than sperm count .

Conclusions: Multiple factors affecting ICSI outcome, the most important one is female age The cause of infertility and its type also affect the outcome , also the results show that sperm quality more important than sperm count.

Recommendations: studying other hormones related to fertility like leptin