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Diagnostic laparoscopy in infertility: a retrospective study
Shinji Komori1, Yoko Fukuda, Isao Horiuchi
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan. komor615@hyo-med.ac.jp
Study Objective:
To evaluate the role of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and therapy of infertility.
Design:
Retrospective study.
Setting:
Academically affiliated reproductive endocrinology practice.
Patients:
One hundred seventy patients.
Intervention:
Diagnostic/therapeutic laparoscopy.
Measurements And Main Results:
One hundred seventy infertile patients underwent diagnostic laparoscopy between 1996 and 2000 in our clinic, and 109 of them were seen at follow-up more than 1 year after laparoscopy. Of the 109 patients, 77 (70.6%) were treated with assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer, and 32 (29.4%) were treated with conventional procedures. Of the 109 patients, 68 (62.4%), including 39 (50.6%) of the 77 treated with assisted reproductive technology and 29 (90.6%) of the 32 treated with conventional procedures, became pregnant. Of the 68 patients who became pregnant, 49 (72.1%) of them conceived within 1 year after laparoscopy.
Conclusion:
Laparoscopy is an important procedure in the treatment of infertility.
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