Surgical treatment for distal tubal occlusion. A review of 167 cases.
Surgery was performed on 167 patients for distal tubal occlusion. In 143 cases a terminal microsurgical salpingostomy was performed and in 24, a cuff neostomy. The overall intrauterine pregnancy rate was 20.4%, and 16.8% of the patients had live births. The ectopic gestation rate was 1.8%. None of the patients with a cuff neostomy became pregnant.
D000328:Adult; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012086:Reoperation; D012489:Salpingostomy / Q000379:methods*