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Laparoscopic adhesiolysis for infertile patients with pelvic adhesive disease
Author(s) -
Serour G.I.,
Badraoui M.H.,
El Agizi H.M.,
Hamed A.F.,
AbdelAziz F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90411-6
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , surgery , endoscopy , infertility , adhesion , laparoscopic surgery , microsurgery , pregnancy , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , biology
Thirty patients with secondary infertility were subjected to laparoscopic adhesiolysis during the period January 1986 to February 1987 at Al‐Azhar Endoscopy and Microsurgery Unit. Second look laparoscopy (SLL) was performed after a period of 9–12 months. At laparoscopy, pelvic adhesive disease was staged according to the severity of the disease and compared with the finding at SLL. Five patients defaulted, three patients (12%) became pregnant and 22 patients underwent SLL. Ten patients (45.5%) showed no recurrence of adhesions. This study suggests that laparoscopy has a role in adhesiolysis of mild and moderate adhesions and SLL provides further opportunity to relyse reformed adhesions in some cases.