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Salpingoscopy in patients with contralateral ectopic pregnancy
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Fertility and Sterility
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
Patients who experience a tubal pregnancy have a poor prognosis in terms of reproductive potential and are at increased risk of a repeat EP. Salpingoscopy is a new endoscopic technique that allows the detection of abnormalities of the tubal mucosa. In seven patients with a follow-up longer than 6 months, an IUP occurred only in patients with a normal ampullary mucosa, whereas a recurrent tubal pregnancy occurred in the patient that conceived with an abnormal tubal mucosa. These preliminary results suggest that salpingoscopy may constitute an important prognostic factor in these patients.