Fertility after operation for uterus bicornis

Sixty-three properly selected patients with sterility due to uterus bicornis underwent operations to restore fertility, Of these 63, 12 suffered from primary sterility and 51 from secondary sterility. The 51 patients with secondary sterility had had a total of 127 pregnancies before operation. Of these 127 pregnancies, 122 ended in early or late abortion and five in premature delivery, giving 5 live births and a fetal wastage rate of 96%. Of the 63 patients, 42 became pregnant after operation. Of these 42, 14 had more than one pregnancy. The total number of pregnancies was 59. Of these, 32 went to term, 15 ended prematurely and 12 ended in abortion. The 59 pregnancies resulted in 45 live births. Fetal wastage dropped from 96% before operation to 23.7% after operation.