title: The value of repeat hysteroscopic evaluation in patients with failed in vitro fertilization transfer cycles.
abstract: One hundred ten women with normal initial hysteroscopy who failed to conceive during three or more IVF-ET cycles underwent repeat hysteroscopic evaluation. In 20 patients (18.2%), visualization revealed uterine abnormalities, mainly newly added endometrial lesions, i.e., hyperplasia, polyps, endometritis, and synechiae. Our results indicate that repeat hysteroscopic evaluation, in cases of recurrent IVF-ET failure, is an important adjunctive method for further evaluating and possibly optimizing the IVF-ET procedure.
authors.affiliation: Sherman Fertility Institute, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Golda Meir Medical Center (Hasharon Hospital), Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dicker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ashkenazi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feldberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farhi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shalev
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ben-Rafael
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017211:Treatment Failure