Neosalpingostomy: comparison of 24- and 72-month follow-up time shows increased pregnancy rate.
Seventy-two patients, 54 for 5 years and 18 for 6 years, were evaluated between 1 and 2 years and 5 and 6 years after bilateral neosalpingostomy. A 27.7% intrauterine pregnancy rate was reported in those patients treated between 1976 and 1978, with a 14% ectopic pregnancy rate. The subsequent 5- to 6-year follow-up study revealed an increase in the pregnancy rate to 41.6% and in the ectopic pregnancy rate to 17.1%. The increase in the pregnancy rate may reflect the ability of the fallopian tube for ciliogenesis and intrinsic repair. Thus if patients have not conceived within 2 years of neosalpingostomy for distal tubal obstruction, significant reproductive potential still exists.
D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors