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Table 4 Therapeutic options offered to 211 couples after infertility assessment

From: Tertiary care for infertile couples: aetiological diagnoses and conventional treatment outcomes in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Therapeutic options administered

N

%

Medical treatment offered to women

 Ovulation induction with clomiphene

63

29.86

 Ovulation induction with letrozole

23

10.90

 Ovulation induction with clomiphene + metformin

8

3.79

 Ovulation induction with clomiphene + bromocriptine

4

1.90

 Ovulation induction with clomiphene + metformin + bromocriptine

2

0.95

 Treatment with bromocriptine alone

10

4.74

Procedures/surgery performed on women (Given alone or in combination with medication)

 Myomectomy/Polypectomy

24

11.37

 Tubal flushing

14

6.64

 Tubal surgery (salpingostomy/fimbriolysis/adhesiolysis)

16

7.58

Therapeutic options available to men

 Hormonal treatment

4

1.90

 Antibiotics (genital infection)

106

50.24

 Antioxidants

38

18.00

Total couples treated

211

100.0