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3785307

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the importance of a history of appendectomy for appendicitis in 279 women with laparoscopically or surgically diagnosed tubal infertility and a control group of 957 fertile women. After controlling for the effects of age, use of an intrauterine device for contraception, a history of pelvic inflammatory disease, and other potential confounding variables, we found that no excess risk of tubal infertility was associated with a simple appendectomy without rupture. However, when the operation was reportedly for a ruptured appendix, the relative risk of tubal infertility was 4.8 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.5 to 14.9) for women who had never been pregnant and 3.2 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.1 to 9.6) for women with one or more previous pregnancies. We conclude that the early diagnosis and treatment of suspected appendicitis in girls and women of reproductive age may reduce the incidence of tubal infertility resulting from the sequelae of a ruptured appendix.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0028-4793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
315
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1506-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Appendectomy and the risk of tubal infertility.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.