Microsurgery for tubal and ovarian disease

The use of microsurgery has been responsible for improvements of various aspects of the management of tubal and ovarian disease. Microsurgery has not merely been a vital experimental tool in the study of tubal physiology and pathology, but has been of proven value in alleviating infertility following pelvic inflammatory disease and for reversal of sterilization. The most dramatic advance has been in the treatment of cornual damage but microsurgery also has a place for salpingostomy and for the preparation of the pelvis before attempts are made at egg recovery for in vitro fertilization.