Resectoscopic management of müllerian fusion defects.
Of the 103 patients taken to the operating room for hysteroscopic resection of a septum, 72 underwent successful resection of the septum. The initial hysterogram can identify those patients who may benefit from the procedure but cannot discriminate between bicornuate and septate uteri. Knowledge of the size and contour of the uterus is essential to the final decision to proceed transcervically, opposed to transabdominally. In the transcervical repair group, at the time this article was written, there were 58 term deliveries and 5 ongoing pregnancies greater than 30 weeks (1 had a spontaneous abortion after surgery and subsequently conceived a term pregnancy), for a successful pregnancy rate of 86%. This correlated well with the pregnancy rates observed after metroplasty. Therefore, hysteroscopic resection constitutes a valuable alternative to the classical transabdominal approach.
DeCherney
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Russell
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Graebe
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Polan
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ML
D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D019723:Endoscopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009095:Mullerian Ducts; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery