Minihysteroscopy as routine diagnostic procedure in women with primary infertility.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the importance of routine minihysteroscopy in the diagnosis of primary infertility.


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


METHODS
Endoscopic center at a university hospital.


METHODS
Three hundred seventy-nine patients with primary infertility.


METHODS
Diagnostic minihysteroscopy without anesthesia or sedation.


RESULTS
Hysteroscopy was normal in 337 patients (89.9%). In 38 patients (10.1%) an intrauterine pathology was found: 26 intrauterine adhesions, 12 cases of uterus subseptus. The procedure could not be completed in four women.


CONCLUSIONS
Minihysteroscopy should become a routine diagnostic procedure in women with primary infertility, even those with no suspected intrauterine pathology or other risk factors.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Frank
F
Nawroth
Dolores
D
Foth
Torsten
T
Schmidt
D000328:Adult; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis