The role of expectant management for couples with unexplained infertility

N. M. Van Den Boogaard; Fulco Van Der Veen; Ben Willem Mol

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2140-9_22

The role of expectant management for couples with unexplained infertility

N. M. Van Den Boogaard^*, Fulco Van Der Veen, Ben Willem Mol

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Abstract

In couples with unexplained infertility, no convincing evidence is available that treatment with intra uterine insemination (IUI) with or without ovarian stimulation (OS) or in vitro fertilisation (IVF) improves pregnancy rates compared to expectant management. Expectant management in couples with unexplained infertility leads to live birth rates varying between 10 and 50 % per year, depending on their prognosis, based on female age, duration of subfertility and the outcomes of the fertility workup. Optimal implementation of expectant management in couples with good prospects of natural conception can prevent unnecessary treatments, complications and costs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unexplained Infertility
Subtitle of host publication	Pathophysiology, Evaluation and Treatment
Publisher	Springer New York LLC
Pages	241-243
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781493921409
ISBN (Print)	9781493921393
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2140-9_22
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

Expectant management
Intra uterine insemination
Prognostic models
Tailored expectant management
Unexplained infertility

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