Systematic salpingoscopy and microsalpingoscopy during fertiloscopy.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the feasibility of routine salpingoscopy and microsalpingoscopy by the vaginal route during fertiloscopy.


METHODS
Retrospective continuous series (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).


METHODS
Private reproductive center.


METHODS
Five hundred infertile women with no obvious pathology. INTERVENTIONS; Fertiloscopy with salpingoscopy followed by microsalpingoscopy.


RESULTS
Salpingoscopy was possible in 85% of women. In those with no pathology, only 8.2% had abnormal salpingoscopy but 37% had abnormal microsalpingoscopy.


CONCLUSIONS
Fertiloscopy allows salpingoscopy and microsalpingoscopy to be performed in a reproducible and simple manner. Thus intratubal exploration should be integral to infertility assessment.
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etude de la Stérilité, Le Britannia, 20 Boulevard Eugene Deruelle, 69003 Lyon, France.
Dreyfus
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Cohen
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D000328:Adult; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012489:Salpingostomy / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index