title: Colour Doppler ultrasound guidance for transcervical wire tuboplasty.
abstract: To evaluate the usefulness of high-resolution ultrasound with colour Doppler mapping system in performing transcervical wire tuboplasty, 13 infertile women with bilateral proximal tubal obstruction demonstrated by X-ray or colour Doppler ultrasound hysterosalpingography and chromoperturbation at laparoscopy were treated by transcervical wire tuboplasty utilizing colour Doppler mapping ultrasound guidance. A co-axial catheter was used to introduce a 0.016-in. flexible wire to the occluded portion. Transcervical wire catheterization was accomplished in 25 of 26 tubes (96%), resulting in patency in 24 of 25 tubes (96%). At the end of the procedure all patients had at least one tube patent (100%). Five (38%) women achieved pregnancies within 1 year after the procedure. High-resolution ultrasound with colour Doppler mapping system is an efficacious way to perform transcervical wire tuboplasty, avoiding the risk of radiation and allergic reaction.
authors.affiliation: Genetics & IVF Institute, Fairfax, VA 22031.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bustillo
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Coulam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D003116:Color; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography