Fertility and Sterility, 29(4), 380-387, 1978
Salpingostomy by microsurgery
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Abstract
Salpingostomy for hydrosalpinx was carried out using a microsurgical technique. The postoperative patency rate was over 90%. Among the 41 patients followed for more than 1 year, 29% have had one or more intrauterine pregnancies and 27% have had live births. The ectopic gestation rate was 12%. All of the tubal gestations occurred in the 1st postoperative year whereas 60% of the intrauterine pregnancies occurred after the 1st year, suggesting a degree of restoration in the mucosa and the musculature of the oviduct with the re-establishment of patency and the passage of time.
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Gomel, V. (1978). Salpingostomy by microsurgery. *Fertility and sterility*, *29*(4), 380-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43210-3
Gomel V. Salpingostomy by microsurgery. Fertil Steril. 1978;29(4):380-387. doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43210-3
Gomel, Victor. "Salpingostomy by microsurgery." *Fertility and sterility*, vol. 29, no. 4, 1978, pp. 380-387.
Keywords
Electrosurgery, Fallopian Tubes/surgery, Female, Fertility, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hysterosalpingography, Laparoscopy, Microsurgery/methods, Postoperative Complications/diagnosis, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Tubal, Time Factors, Tissue Adhesions