title: Spontaneous intrauterine pregnancy following salpingectomy for a unilateral hydrosalpinx.
abstract: The effect of salpingectomy for unilateral hydrosalpinx with a contralateral normal tube was evaluated in two infertile patients in which unilateral hydrosalpinx, visualized by vaginal ultrasound, was treated by unilateral salpingectomy as a preparatory step before IVF. Spontaneous pregnancy occurred in both patients while waiting to be enrolled in an IVF trial. In conclusion, unilateral salpingectomy for hydrosalpinx in the presence of a contralateral healthy tube could result in spontaneous pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: The Egyptian IVF-Embryo Transfer Center, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt. ivf@link.net
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aboulghar
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Serour
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D016896:Treatment Outcome