title: A method for evaluating human tubal motility in vivo: a new approach for infertility investigation.
abstract: The motility of the Fallopian tube plays an important role in the gametes and embryo transport. Disorders of the tubal motor function may be involved in a great number of patients with unexplained infertility. The aim of this study was to develop a method to measure the tubal motility by means of an hysteroscopic approach in humans. The following motor parameters were evaluated: 1) the basal pressure of each 1 cm tract of the tube; 2) amplitude and frequency of the tubal contractions; 3) the uterine intraluminal pressure eight patients in the follicular phase (FP group) and 8 in the luteal phase (LP group) of the menstrual cycle, were studied. The duration of the motility recording session was 12 +/- 3 minutes (range 7-19 minutes). No significant differences were shown between the two groups of patients, and no differences were found between the recordings obtained from the right and the left tubes.
authors.affiliation: II Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Bologna University.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gubbini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tabanelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Orlandi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bazzocchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanfranchi Assuero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005498:Follicular Phase / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008183:Luteal Phase / Q000502:physiology; D008365:Manometry / Q000379:methods; D009119:Muscle Contraction