title: The role of hysteroscopy in patients having failed IVF/GIFT transfer cycles.
abstract: Fifty patients who had undergone 2 or more failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryo transfer (ET) cycles or failed GIFT cycles where fertilization had been demonstrated, underwent hysteroscopy; 28% were found to have intrauterine abnormalities which may have been responsible for the failure of the IVF-ET or GIFT. Patients with an abnormality found at hysteroscopy had undergone a significantly higher mean number of transfer cycles. These results suggest that intrauterine abnormalities may be a cause for failure of IVF-ET or GIFT and therefore hysteroscopy should be part of the infertility work-up of all patients prior to undergoing IVF treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirsop
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Torode
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D015181:Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*