Endoscopy of the tube (= tuboscopy) : its prognostic value for tuboplasties
Henry-Suchet, J.; Loffredo, V.; Tesquier, L.; Pez, J.P.
Acta Europaea Fertilitatis 16(2): 139-145
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0587-2421 PMID: 4036512 Document Number: 246109
A tuboscopy was performed during tuboplasties, in 131 cases; this method gives the surgeon a direct, panoramic view of the ampullary mucosa; the lesions observed differ in 50% of cases from what was expected according to the hysterosalpingography. A 2 year follow-up shows that normal uterine pregnancies occurred only in women with at least one tube with normal mucosa according to the tuboscopy, whichever the lesions or the results of the hysterosalpingography; the other cases only had ectopic pregnancies or spontaneous abortions.