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Office Falloposcopy; a Tertiary Level Assessment for Planning the Management of Infertile Women
Author(s) -
Dunphy Bruce,
Pattinson H. Anthony
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1994.tb02688.x
Subject(s) - medicine , infertility , ectopic pregnancy , fallopian tube , salpingectomy , gynecology , physical examination , pregnancy , histopathological examination , surgery , obstetrics , pathology , genetics , biology
Summary: Thirty‐nine women underwent Falloposcopic examination utilizing the linear eversion catheter. Indications for examination included bilateral and unilateral proximal and distal tubal occlusive disease, assessing the residual Fallopian tube after salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, and unexplained infertility. Seventy‐three Fallopian tubes were available for examination, of which 72 (98.6%) were successfully cannulated. Sixty‐eight ampullas were successfully visualized (94.4%). The mean duration of the examination was 24.7 minutes. Where proximal tubal disease was not suspected, 30.3% of oviducts were found to have a proximal lesion and 57.5% were found to have distal intratubal disease. Management was changed in 24 women (61.5%) on the basis of Falloposcopic information. These data demonstrate the clinical value of Falloposcopy.