title: Infertility: an unusual complication of inguinal herniorrhaphy.
abstract: A 27-year-old woman presented with 3 years of primary infertility and a history of childhood bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy. Laparoscopy demonstrated fallopian tube obstruction as the cause of infertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105, USA. kahansen@usd.edu
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Eyster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004210:Dissection; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome