Publications by authors named "Ansam Al-Habib"
Article Synopsis
- The study checks how effective and risky two fertility treatments, IUI and IVF, are and how much they cost in the UK from 2012 to 2016.
- It finds that even though IVF has a higher success rate for getting pregnant (about 27% compared to IUI's 11%), IUI is safer and costs less overall.
- IUI treatment is cheaper and leads to fewer complications, like multiple pregnancies, making it a better choice for many people compared to IVF.
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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Understanding and improving IUI pregnancy rates has enormous global appeal and application. This pilot study goes one step further by utilising consecutive ejaculates from men with oligozoospermia and comparing with normozoospermic male group.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 117 IUI-stimulated treatment cycles in a small fertility clinic in North Middlesex University Hospitals Trust, UK, within a NHS setting.