A O Marinho, H N Sallam, L K Goessens, W P Collins, C H Rodeck, S Campbell
Real time ultrasonography was used to examine the ovaries of 50 patients at the calculated time for artificial insemination with donor semen (AID). Forty-two (84%) had one or more follicles greater than 13 mm in diameter. Both ovaries were monitored daily until the main follicle had ruptured (mean number of examinations, 2.4 per patient; range, 1 to 5). Seven women became pregnant (mean follicular diameter, 21.6 mm; range, 18 to 25 mm). The fecundability rate was 12%, compared with 6% for a corresponding group of 50 patients who were not examined with ultrasound...
May 1982: Fertility and Sterility