Pathologic findings in hysteroscopy before in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET)

Nicola Doldi; Paola Persico; Francesca Di Sebastiano; Elena Marsiglio; Lucia De Santis; Elisa Rabellotti; Francesco Fusi; Claudio Brigante; Augusto Ferrari

doi:10.1080/09513590500366696

Pathologic findings in hysteroscopy before in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET)

Nicola Doldi, Paola Persico, Francesca Di Sebastiano, Elena Marsiglio, Lucia De Santis, Elisa Rabellotti, Francesco Fusi, Claudio Brigante, Augusto Ferrari

IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

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Abstract

Background. The aim of this study was to evaluate hysteroscopy routinely performed prior to in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET). Methods. We analyzed in a prospective study 300 patients who underwent hysteroscopy before the first IVF-ET cycle. We analyzed then in a retrospective manner 300 patients who did not perform hysteroscopy. Results. One-hundred-and-eighty (60%) hysteroscopies were normal but 120 (40%) revealed an unsuspected intrauterine abnormality. We did not find statistically significant differences between patients with normal or abnormal hysteroscopy in any characteristic. We found a statistically significant difference in pregnancy rate between women who performed hysteroscopy before IVF-ET cycle and in women who did not perform it. Conclusions. Hysteroscopy, as a routine examination, should be performed before the first IVF-ET cycle in all patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	235-237
Number of pages	3
Journal	Gynecological Endocrinology
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09513590500366696
Publication status	Published - Oct 2005

Keywords

Hysteroscopy
IVF-ET

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Endocrinology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Pathologic findings in hysteroscopy before in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET). / Doldi, Nicola; Persico, Paola; Di Sebastiano, Francesca; Marsiglio, Elena; De Santis, Lucia; Rabellotti, Elisa; Fusi, Francesco; Brigante, Claudio; Ferrari, Augusto.

In: Gynecological Endocrinology, Vol. 21, No. 4, 10.2005, p. 235-237.

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