Salpingectomy improves outcome in the presence of a unilateral hydrosalpinx in a donor oocyte recipient: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To determine if unilateral salpingectomy for hydrosalpinx can improve fecundity in a woman with many cycles of failure to conceive despite the fertilization of donor oocytes and subsequent embryo transfer.


METHODS
Salpingectomy performed after failure to conceive despite IVF-ET with the patient's own oocytes (n=5) or transfer of donor embryos (n=2) or embryo transfer cycles as a donor oocyte recipient (n=5).


RESULTS
The patient conceived three of four times following salpingectomy. Transfer of four frozen-thawed donor embryos and two frozen-thawed embryos of her own led to a successful delivery. In one of two cycles as a donor oocyte recipient she had a successful delivery and subsequently, the transfer of cryopreserved/thawed embryos from a previous donor oocyte cycle led to a chemical pregnancy.


CONCLUSIONS
Unilateral hydrosalpinx can be a cause of recalcitrant failure to conceive despite assisted reproductive technology. Salpingectomy can restore fecundity.
Kiefer
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The Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome