OBJECTIVES To review the hysterosalpingographic (HSG) findings in women investigated for infertility in a tertiary center in north eastern Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of HSG films of 272 women investigated for infertility between January 2000 and December 2006 were reviewed. RESULTS One hundred and thirty (47.8%) were investigated for primary infertility, while 142...

AIMS To investigate the effects of elevated nitric oxide (NO) levels in peritoneal fluids (PF) on oocyte fertilization and pre-implantation embryo development, and the relation of those effects to endometriosis-associated infertility. METHODS PF from women undergoing laparoscopy for infertility of minor endometriosis, tubal blockage and operation for tubal ligation was aspired at the pouch of...

Objectives: To compare between hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopic findings in patients tested for infertility thereby to determine the significance of latter examination. Methods: This was a descriptive study performed two Gynecology departments Dakar (Senegal). Included were 84 with suspicious tubal-infertility who underwent HSG followed by laparoscopy. The Kappa (K) statistics used ...

INTRODUCTION Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is still a commonly used investigation in the evaluation of the female genital tract and the main indication for HSG is infertility. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to find the pathology detected at HSG in patients with infertility in our setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of 289 consecutive patients who underwent hysterosa...

BACKGROUND In order to formulate cost-effective health interventions aimed at preventing infertility it is necessary to identify modifiable risk factors for infertility in sub-Saharan Africa. This case-control study examined potential predictors and their population attributable fraction (PAF%) for various infertility types including lifestyle factors, sexual behaviour and reproductive tract in...

background: more than 70 million couples suffer from infertility worldwide. the aim of this study was to evaluate the fertility outcomes after laparoscopic fimbrioplasty and neosalpingostomy in female infertility. methods: laparoscopic distal tuboplasty was carried out for 402 cases at the gynecological endoscopic surgery and human reproductive teaching hospital in yaoundé-cameroon in central a...

Objective: To look into various causes of infertility according to increasing age, differences in percentage of pregnancy rate after IVF in different age groups and role of various infertility parameters in determining pregnancy rate among these patients Patients and methods: A total of 206 infertile couples were selected and divided into two groups according to female age: Group I (<35 years, ...

Objective: To assess the frequency of infertility after pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and factors important in postinfectious tubal damage in an urban population at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases. Methods: From a cohort of 213 women with PID documented by laparoscopy and/or endometrial biopsy, 58 women (27% of the initial cohort) were interviewed by phone 2 to 9 years after an ...