ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to present the authors' experience in the diagnosis and treatment of tubal proximal disease by means of hysteroscopy. The study includes 96 patients with tubal infertility to which hysteroscopy was performed in 1998-2003 in the 2nd Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Iasi. The average age was 32.5 +/- 1.2 years. The indication was proximal tubal obstruction diagnosed by hysterosalpingography or sono-hysterosalpingography. The hysteroscopy revealed lesions affecting fertility that were treated in the same operative sequence. Proximal tubal obstruction was present in 50 cases (52%): unilateral--41 cases, bilateral--9 cases. Tubal permeabilization was performed by tubal catheterization or by removing polyps, adhesion and was verified by chromo-tubation at the end of hysteroscopy and by sono-hysterosalpingography, 2 months after the intervention. When proximal tubal obstruction is suspected, hysteroscopy offers a solution by confirming the diagnosis and by efficiently treating the lesions, leading to an increased average of pregnancies.
Subject(s)
Fallopian Tube Diseases/diagnosis , Fallopian Tube Diseases/surgery , Hysteroscopy , Infertility, Female/diagnosis , Infertility, Female/surgery , Adult , Female , Humans , Hysterosalpingography , Middle Aged , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Rate , Prognosis , Retrospective Studies , Young AdultABSTRACT
Our purpose was to define the best way of treating tubal infertility caused by endometriosis. We have studied 24 patients with tubal infertility caused by endometriosis; the etiology has been laparoscopically established in the 2nd Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology Iasi. The endometriosis score (r-AFS) was used to establish the therapy. We performed laparoscopic treatment when endometriosis was visible. Postoperative medical therapy (Diphereline, 3 months) was indicated; patients with ,,unpigmented endometriosis" received the same medical therapy. The rate of pregnancies in patients that had benefit of combined therapy: surgical and medical (n=9) was superior (44.4%) to that obtained in patients that were only surgical treated (n=15): 26.6% (Spearman correlation--0.6595, p < 0.0012). Endometriosis is an important etiological factor in female infertility. The pathway is mechanic as well as chemical and it justifies the combined therapy. There are better results, as fertility prognosis in patients with endometriosis that receive both, surgical and medical therapy.
