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7386525

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
Endometrial and tubal causes of female infertility have been sought with the use of endometrial biopsy, the Rubin test, hysterosalpingography, and laparoscopy. Hysteroscopy, used as an adjunct to these methods, can increase their effectiveness in evaluating uterine or tubal factors that may account directly or indirectly for reproductive failure. Hysteroscopy was included in the diagnostic evaluation of 142 patients with a diagnosis of primary or secondary infertility. In 62%, visually recognizable abnormalities were found, such as intrauterine adhesions, endometrial polyps, submucous leiomyomas, and uterine septa, that could explain the infertility. In 31.7% of 63 patients who had an abnormal hysterosalpingogram, hysteroscopy demonstrated a normal uterine cavity. Even though hysteroscopy is useful as a diagnostic and therapeutic adjunct to traditional methods for evaluation of uterine factors in infertility, it does not replace or exclude them. Rather, it complements the procedures, particularly when abnormal hysterosalpingograms have been obtained, when intrauterine adhesions are suspected, or when there is abnormal uterine bleeding. Performed concomitantly with laparoscopy, hysteroscopy becomes the most effective technique for evaluation of the uterine and tubal conditions that may play a role in female infertility.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9378
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
425-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Hysteroscopy in the evaluation of female infertility.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article