Premium
Incidence of upper genital tract occlusion following microwave endometrial ablation (MEA™)
Author(s) -
Tawfeek S,
Sholapurkar S,
Sharp N
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01011.x
Subject(s) - medicine , occlusion , endometrial ablation , incidence (geometry) , hysteroscopy , ablation , tubal occlusion , surgery , gynecology , family planning , research methodology , population , physics , optics , environmental health
The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of occlusion of the upper genital tract following microwave endometrial ablation (MEA™) in women treated for therapy‐resistant menorrhagia. A total of 35 women were recruited between January 1997 and January 2005, Royal United Hospital Bath, to have interval hysterosalpingogram (HSG) post‐MEA. After a successful MEA, either with general or local anaesthesia, 35 HSGs were performed 3 or more months later. Complete occlusion of the upper genital tract was found in 30 women (85.7%) and incomplete occlusion with tubal patency persisted in 5 (14.3%).