Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 1 (1), 011-013, October 2006          
© 2006 Academic Journals

Review

Live birth by fallopian tube sperm perfusion in hyperprolactinemic woman after failed in vitro-fertilization

Adesanya O.A.^1,3*, Shittu L. A. J.^1,2, Oyewopo A. O.^1,4, Babalola O. S.^1,2, Jewo I.² and Ashiru O. A.^1,2

¹ Medical ART Center, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

² Department of Anatomy Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Lagos, Nigeria.

³ Department of Anatomy, Igbinedion University Okada Edo State, Nigeria.

⁴ Department of Anatomy, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: lammyworth@yahoo.co.uk.

Accepted 25 October, 2006

The case presented describes a live birth following treatment of a 35-year-old woman with fallopian tube sperm perfusion (FTSP) using donor sperm after three-repeated unsuccessful courses of In-vitro fertilization (IVF) with Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (PESA), Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE), and donor sperm. The indication of FTSP is hereby explored and discussed.

Key words: Male infertility, intrauterine insemination, hyper-prolactinemia, azoospermia, donor sperm, Lagos.