Diagnostic laparoscopy in infertility: a retrospective study.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the role of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and therapy of infertility.


METHODS
Retrospective study.


METHODS
Academically affiliated reproductive endocrinology practice.


METHODS
One hundred seventy patients.


METHODS
Diagnostic/therapeutic laparoscopy.


RESULTS
One hundred seventy infertile patients underwent diagnostic laparoscopy between 1996 and 2000 in our clinic, and 109 of them were seen at follow-up more than 1 year after laparoscopy. Of the 109 patients, 77 (70.6%) were treated with assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer, and 32 (29.4%) were treated with conventional procedures. Of the 109 patients, 68 (62.4%), including 39 (50.6%) of the 77 treated with assisted reproductive technology and 29 (90.6%) of the 32 treated with conventional procedures, became pregnant. Of the 68 patients who became pregnant, 49 (72.1%) of them conceived within 1 year after laparoscopy.


CONCLUSIONS
Laparoscopy is an important procedure in the treatment of infertility.
Komori
Shinji
S
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan. komor615@hyo-med.ac.jp
Fukuda
Yoko
Y
Horiuchi
Isao
I
Tanaka
Hiroyuki
H
Kasumi
Hiroyuki
H
Shigeta
Minoru
M
Tuji
Yoshiyuki
Y
Koyama
Koji
K
D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome