| Title | Fertility and pregnancy outcomes following hysteroscopic septum division. | | Author(s) | Hollett-Caines J, Vilos GA, Abu-Rafea B, Ahmad R | | Institution | St. Joseph's Health Care, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Western Ontario, London ON. | | Source | J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2006 Feb; 28(2):156-9. | | MeSH | Abortion, Habitual
Adult
Female
Humans
Hysteroscopy
Infertility, Female
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Uterus
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate retrospectively the efficacy of hysteroscopic metroplasty in a population of women with a history of recurrent pregnancy loss or infertility who were also known to have a uterine septum.
METHODS: Hysteroscopic metroplasty was performed on 26 women with a uterine septum and a history of either recurrent pregnancy loss or infertility. The metroplasty was performed using a Versapoint bipolar needle device (in 23% of cases) or a resectoscopic knife electrode with cutting current (in 77% of cases). The main outcome measures were rates of clinical pregnancy and live birth.
RESULTS: Nineteen women had a hysteroscopic metroplasty because of recurrent pregnancy loss. Postoperatively, the pregnancy rate was 95%, and the live birth rate was 72%. The seven infertile patients had pregnancy and live birth rates of 43% and 29%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Hysteroscopic metroplasty using either the Versapoint bipolar needle device or a knife electrode is both safe and effective. In women with recurrent pregnancy loss, future fertility is not impaired, and live birth rates are significantly improved. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16643719 |
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