title: Reproductive prognosis after abdominal metroplasty in bicornuate or septate uterus: a life table analysis.
abstract: Reproductive prognosis after abdominal metroplasty was assessed in 73 women with a septate and 71 with a bicornuate uterus who underwent metroplasty at the First Obstetric and Gynecologic Clinic of the University of Milan between 1972 and 1985. The overall cumulative 5-year delivery rates were respectively 70% and 73% in women with septate and bicornuate uterus, rising constantly with time. The number of previous miscarriages did not affect the reproductive prognosis: the 5-year probability of giving birth was 64% and 75% in the women with septate uterus and respectively fewer than two or more previous miscarriages, and the corresponding values were 66% and 73% in the bicornuate uterus subgroup. The miscarriage rate (about 20%) was similar with both types of malformation.
authors.affiliation: Prima Clinica Obstetrico Ginecologica, Università di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Candiani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fedele
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Parazzini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zamberletti
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015993:Life Tables; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011379:Prognosis; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery