Endoscopy of the tube (= tuboscopy): its prognostic value for tuboplasties

A tuboscopy was performed during tuboplasties, in 131 cases; this method gives the surgeon a direct, panoramic view of the ampullary mucosa; the lesions observed differ in 50% of cases from what was expected according to the hysterosalpingography. A 2 year follow-up shows that normal uterine pregnan...

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Published inActa Europaea fertilitatis Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 139
Main Authors Henry-Suchet, J, Loffredo, V, Tesquier, L, Pez, J P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.03.1985
Subjects
Endoscopy
Fallopian Tubes - pathology
Fallopian Tubes - surgery
Female
Humans
Hysterosalpingography
Mucous Membrane - pathology
Prognosis
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Summary:A tuboscopy was performed during tuboplasties, in 131 cases; this method gives the surgeon a direct, panoramic view of the ampullary mucosa; the lesions observed differ in 50% of cases from what was expected according to the hysterosalpingography. A 2 year follow-up shows that normal uterine pregnancies occurred only in women with at least one tube with normal mucosa according to the tuboscopy, whichever the lesions or the results of the hysterosalpingography; the other cases only had ectopic pregnancies or spontaneous abortions.
ISSN:0587-2421