Accuracy of Tubal Patency Assessment in Diagnostic Hysteroscopy Compared with Laparoscopy in Infertile Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Autor: Christine Kurz, Johannes Ott, Regina Promberger, Karin Obermaier, Inga-Malin Simek, Kazem Nouri
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 25:794-799
ISSN: 1553-4650
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2017.11.020
Popis: STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the presence of a visualizable "flow" effect in the fallopian tube ostia in hysteroscopic routine evaluation is predictive of tube patency. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force Classification II-2). SETTING Data from all patients who underwent surgery because of infertility at the study center between 2008 and 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. The main outcome parameter was fallopian tube patency as assessed by laparoscopic chromopertubation. The predictive parameters tested were the presence of hysteroscopic tube "flow," general patient characteristics, and intraoperative findings. PATIENTS Five hundred eleven infertile women who underwent combined hysteroscopy and laparoscopy were included. INTERVENTIONS All women underwent combined hysteroscopy and laparoscopy. Some had other interventions when necessary, but no additional interventions were taken because of this study. RESULTS In an analysis of 998 fallopian tubes, the hysteroscopic assessment of fallopian tube "flow" was highly accurate in predicting fallopian tube patency (p
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