Open AccessSUBFERTILE WOMEN;
Author(s) -
Rahat Akhtar,
Nadia Taj,
Sumera Mehnaz,
Aamir Furqan,
Mehnaz Khakwani,
Hajira Masood
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2017.24.04.1453
Subject(s) - medicine , gonorrhea , laparoscopy , endometriosis , pelvic inflammatory disease , gynecology , obstetrics , obstetrics and gynaecology , pelvic infection , infertility , tubal ligation , chlamydia trachomatis , pregnancy , family planning , population , surgery , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , research methodology , environmental health , family medicine , biology , genetics
Objectives: To determine the frequency of factors leading to tubal blockagein subfertile women evaluated by laparoscopy. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Period:Six months from 1 February 2015 to 31 July 2015. Setting: Department of Obstetrics &Gynaecology of Nishter Hospital Multan. Methods: Two hundred and eighty (280) marriedprimary subfertile females presenting with primary and secondary subfertility of age more than20 and less than 40 years were included. Laparoscopy was done in every patient. Data wasanalyzed by SPSS 19. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate mean+SD for continuousvariables. Frequencies and percentages was calculated for qualitative variables. P value < 0.05was consider significant. Results: Mean age of the patients was 30.52±5.72 years. Out of 280patients, 175 (62.5%) were Nulliparous, 77 (27.5%) were of parity status 1 and 28 (10%) wereof parity status 2. Intraoperative findings of laparoscopy revealed tubal blockage in 51 (18.2%)women. The most common cause of tubal blockage was Neisseria Gonorrhea diagnosed in 17(33.4%) patients, Pelvic Inflammatory disease was diagnosed in 14 (27.4%) patients, ChlamydiaTrachomatis in 17 (21.6%) patients and Endometriosis in 9 (17.6%) patients. Conclusion: Theincidence of tubal blockage in sub fertile women is 18.2%. Neisseria Gonorrhea infection, PelvicInflammatory disease, Chlamydia trachomatis infection and endometriosis are common factorsresponsible for tubal blockage.