Abstract

Background: Infertility is a tragedy to the married woman and can be lead to marital upset, personal disturbances and poor health. Development in assisted reproductive technology has encouraged the use of newer techniques into routine practice reducing many investigatory procedures and the time delay. Aim: Our aim is to do the ultrasound measurement of ovarian volume and antral follicular count in normal (fertility proven) and infertile women (Thiruvarur). Materials and Methods: It is the Case-control study by using Transvaginal ultrasound. Transvaginal USG was carried out on the second or third day of the menstrual cycle. The basal ovarian volume and AFC were measured by endovaginal ultrasound. They were all compared to equal number of controls(fertility proven) in same age group(25-35yrs). Results: My observation indicates that the number of antral follicles is lower in sub-fertile patients than in fertile group (25 -35 yrs), in view of the significantly lower median AFC in women of the former group. The range of AFC in females presenting with complaints of infertility was 4-12(median value of 8). Inter-group comparison of median values of ovarian volume showed no significant difference in my study. This parameter however can be routinely measured without any added effort along with AFC. Though my data reflects that ovarian volume has no role as a bio marker of ovarian reserve

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