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Systematic salpingoscopy and microsalpingoscopy during fertiloscopy
A Watrelot1, J M Dreyfus, M Cohen
1Centre de Recherche et d'Etude de la Stérilité, Le Britannia, 20 Boulevard Eugene Deruelle, 69003 Lyon, France.
Study Objective:
To assess the feasibility of routine salpingoscopy and microsalpingoscopy by the vaginal route during fertiloscopy.
Design:
Retrospective continuous series (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).
Setting:
Private reproductive center.
Patients:
Five hundred infertile women with no obvious pathology. INTERVENTIONS; Fertiloscopy with salpingoscopy followed by microsalpingoscopy.
Measurements And Main Results:
Salpingoscopy was possible in 85% of women. In those with no pathology, only 8.2% had abnormal salpingoscopy but 37% had abnormal microsalpingoscopy.
Conclusion:
Fertiloscopy allows salpingoscopy and microsalpingoscopy to be performed in a reproducible and simple manner. Thus intratubal exploration should be integral to infertility assessment.