Salpingostomy by microsurgery

  • University of British Columbia ROR

Fertility and Sterility, 29(4), 380-387

DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43210-3 PMID 148372

Abstract

Salpingostomy for hydrosalpinx was carried out using a microsurgical technique. The postoperative patency rate was over 90%. Among the 41 patients followed for more than 1 year, 29% have had one or more intrauterine pregnancies and 27% have had live births. The ectopic gestation rate was 12%. All of the tubal gestations occurred in the 1st postoperative year whereas 60% of the intrauterine pregnancies occurred after the 1st year, suggesting a degree of restoration in the mucosa and the musculature of the oviduct with the re-establishment of patency and the passage of time.

Topics

salpingostomy microsurgery hydrosalpinx treatment, Gomel microsurgical salpingostomy fertility outcomes, tubal surgery hydrosalpinx pregnancy rates, microsurgical technique fallopian tube repair infertility, salpingostomy postoperative patency rate live birth, ectopic pregnancy risk after salpingostomy, tubal mucosal restoration after microsurgery, hydrosalpinx surgical treatment intrauterine pregnancy outcome, fallopian tube reconstructive microsurgery fertility, tubal factor infertility surgical correction outcomes
PMID 148372 148372 DOI 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43210-3 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43210-3

Cite this article

Gomel, V. (1978). Salpingostomy by microsurgery. *Fertility and sterility*, *29*(4), 380-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43210-3

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