Sims – Huhner Test in the Evaluation of Infertility
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This is a prospective study of 140 cases of infertility. They were all followed up in semenalysis D $ C, HSG and PCT. Abnormal PCT accounted for 48.5% of the cases. Of these 53% were suffering form infections, either male of Female. Three percent of the couples with abnormal PCT had male factors alone. The vast majority had defective cervical mucus. Another 7% couples had a poor coital technique. This study concludes that:
- PCT is a reliable, cheap, non-invasive and easily performed test for cervical mucus-sperm interaction defects.
- Male and female infections and faulty coital technique are easily correctable causes of infertility.
- Anatomical defects account much less in the aetiology of infertility.
- Poor cervical mucus responds well to Oestrogens.
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