title: Management of tubal obstructions.
abstract: Management of the tubal factor could have the most difficult and debatable role in infertility management. The methods used ranged from gaseous insufflation, hydrotubation, laparotomy, and traditional microsurgery to the more recent tactile or hysteroscopic catheterization, and laparoscopic surgery. Results of the in-vitro-fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were compared to the surgical procedures' results and the debate continues: shall we proceed directly to assisted reproductive techniques or should surgery be tried first in tubal obstructions?
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.
authors.forename: Diaa M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: El-Mowafi
authors.forename: Nkele Ndeki
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Ngoh
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004724:Endoscopy; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal