title: Usefulness and prognostic value of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy in infertile women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the usefulness and prognostic value of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) in infertile women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Jichi Medical School Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-six patients who were followed up for 6 months or longer after THL was performed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy findings in comparison with hysterosalpingography (HSG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy findings, HSG findings, treatment strategy, and prognosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty of 36 patients (55.5%) became pregnant, including 7 by coitus, 7 by artificial insemination with the husband's semen, and 6 by assisted reproductive technology (ART). In 11 of these pregnant patients, information obtained during THL differed from findings on HSG.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy is useful in selecting a future treatment strategy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibahara
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamizawa
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D003075:Coitus; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007317:Insemination, Artificial, Homologous; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D012189:Retrospective Studies