BACKGROUND Medical history taking as well as Chlamydia antibody titre (CAT) testing are currently used in the selection of patients for diagnostic laparoscopy with tubal patency testing. Most research has focused on the predictive value of CAT in isolation from medical history. We assessed therefore whether the combination of medical history and CAT improves the efficiency of selecting patients...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the outcome of laparoscopic salpingotomy for tubal pregnancy by follow-up hysterosalpingography (HSG) or second-look laparoscopy (SLL) and reexamined the indication for and limitation of this conservative surgery. STUDY DESIGN From April 1991 to December 2003, we treated 181 cases of tubal pregnancy using laparoscopic salpingotomy. The tubal patency was assessed by e...

We tested the feasibility of performing outpatient laparoscopic surgery to reverse tubal sterilization using titanium staples to reapproximate the oviducts. A total of 14 women underwent the procedure which involved excision of the tubal eschar, stenting of the severed remnants, and circumferential stapling of the muscularis and serosa. Reapproximation was possible in all cases, with a measured...

Abstract Involuntary female infertility represents a sensitive issue, which is frequently caused by an impaired patency of the Fallopian tube. Current treatment options, such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or tubal reconstruction, are related to high costs surgical risks. Therefore, need for alternative highly safe and effective minimally invasive therapy option assumed. The current work prese...

Background: Infertility is defined as the failure to conceive after 1 year of unprotected sexual intercourse in women less than 35 years age and 6 months older [1, 2]. It affects 10 15 % couples [1]. Abnormalities fallopian tubes account for 40 cases infertility [3]. Sonosalpingography a non-invasive, safe cost- effective diagnostic technique which provides reliable diagnosis tubal patency [4]....