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Genital tuberculosis--a major pelvic factor causing infertility in Indian women
F R Parikh1, S G Nadkarni, S A Kamat
1Department of Infertility Management and Assisted Reproduction, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Bombay, India.
Objective:
To study the effect of tuberculosis, a common infectious disease in the Indian subcontinent, on the female pelvic factor and its subsequent effect on female fertility.
Design:
Retrospective case studies.
Setting:
Department of Infertility Management and Assisted Reproduction, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Bombay, India.
Patient(S):
Three hundred women, between the ages of 25 and 35 years, with tubal factor as a cause of their infertile state.
Result(S):
One hundred seventeen women with a tubal factor were found to have tuberculosis as the cause of tubal blockage. On laparoscopy, 49.5% were found to have simple tubal blockage, 15.3% showed tubo-ovarian masses, and 23.9% had a frozen pelvis. Seventy-five percent complained of menstrual irregularities, thus indicating endometrial involvement; 25.6% of these women underwent an IVF procedure. The pregnancy rate after IVF-ET was 16.6% per transfer.
Conclusion(S):
This study highlights the fact that tuberculosis, a chronic infectious disease, is one of the major etiologic factors of female tubal infertility, especially on the Indian subcontinent.
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