Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Infertile Patients / 대한산부인과학회잡지
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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: 2187-2194, 1997.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-66835
ABSTRACT
One hundred and forty-nine infertile women underwent hysterosalpingography and di-agnostic laparoscopy as a part of their infertility work up at the Kwangju Christian Hospi-tal. The diagnostic value of hysterosalpingography was compared with diagnostic laparos- copy. It was found that hysterosalpingography is a sensitive means to determine tubal pat- ency. However, diagnostic laparoscopy revealed peritubal adhesion in 25.5% of patients, wh- ereas hysterosalpingography made an accurate diagnosis in only 10.5%. And in 61.7% of the cases, there was complete agreement between hysterosalpingogr- aphy and diagnostic laparoscopy. It is concluded that hysterosalpingography is a simple and non-invasive and useful method of assessing the tubal patency, and should remain an integral part of female infert- ility investigation. Diagnostic laparoscopy is a more useful method to evaluate pelvic patho- logy than hysterosalpingography, and thus should always be performed whenever a periton- eal factor is suspected in female infertility.
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Main subject:
Fibrinogen
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Hysterosalpingography
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Laparoscopy
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Diagnosis
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Infertility
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Infertility, Female
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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