Office falloposcopy; a tertiary level assessment for planning the management of infertile women.
Thirty-nine women underwent Falloposcopic examination utilizing the linear eversion catheter. Indications for examination included bilateral and unilateral proximal and distal tubal occlusive disease, assessing the residual Fallopian tube after salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, and unexplained infertility. Seventy-three Fallopian tubes were available for examination, of which 72 (98.6%) were successfully cannulated. Sixty-eight ampullas were successfully visualized (94.4%). The mean duration of the examination was 24.7 minutes. Where proximal tubal disease was not suspected, 30.3% of oviducts were found to have a proximal lesion and 57.5% were found to have distal intratubal disease.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005187:Fallopian Tubes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology