title: Preliminary results of tubal surgery with pregnancy outcome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the preliminary results of tubal surgery and its effect on pregnancy outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 440 patients with unilateral or bilateral tubal disease as the only cause of the infertility. All patients undergoing a laparoscopy for infertility were studied in reproductive surgery centre. The fallopian tube was classified into class I-IV. The studied outcomes were live birth, ectopic pregnancy, and miscarriage. After 12 months, cumulative conception rate was calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the 440 patients, 172 patients with mild salpinx abnormality (class I) had a 34% cumulative pregnancy rate, 151 patients with moderate salpinx abnormality (class II) had a 16% cumulative pregnancy rate, and 77 patients with severe salpinx abnormality (class III) had a 10% cumulative pregnancy rate. No intrauterine pregnancies were observed in the severe group of 40 patients (class IV).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical laparoscopy is helpful for class I and II tubal abnormality, while it is not for class III and IV abnormalities.
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Xiu
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Bin
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: X K
authors.initials: XK
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index