title: No correlation between peritubal and mucosal adhesions in hydrosalpinges.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To correlate the presence and extent of peritubal and mucosal adhesions in hydrosalpinges.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comparative study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary centers with experience in tubal microsurgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Infertile women with complete distal tubal block.
  
  
  METHODS
  Salpingoneostomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Presence and extent of adhesions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Peritubal adhesions occur more frequently than mucosal adhesions in hydrosalpinges. Of 7 hydrosalpinges without peritubal adhesions, 1 showed mucosal adhesions but of 83 hydrosalpinges with peritubal adhesions, 31 (37%) showed no mucosal adhesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Accurate endoscopic assessment of the ampullary mucosa is recommended in hydrosalpinx to select the appropriate patient for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vasquez
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boeckx
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brosens
mesh_terms: D001826:Body Fluids / Q000502:physiology; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D012489:Salpingostomy / Q000592:standards; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery