title: Diagnostic hysteroscopy as a primary tool in a basic infertility workup.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the value of diagnostic hysteroscopy in a primary workup of infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force Classification II-2) of 221 infertile patients referred to the Outpatient Center for Uterine Cavity Evaluation and the Tel-Aviv University affiliated Assaf Harofe Medical Center for evaluation of the uterine cavity. Patients underwent a diagnostic office hysteroscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hysteroscopy revealed an abnormal uterine cavity in 30% of women evaluated for either primary or secondary infertility. No significance was found regarding the total number of intrauterine pathologies when comparing the groups of primary versus secondary infertility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Routine diagnostic hysteroscopy should be part of an infertility workup in primary and secondary infertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel. mpansky@asaf.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Moty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pansky
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feingold
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sagi
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Reuvit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Halperin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies