Objectives: To compare the outcomes of laparoscopic and open tuboplasty among infertility patients with tubal factor. Design: Retrospective cross sectional study. Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi, Kenya. Methodology: A total of 80 files of each group were retrieved by systematic stratified sampling method. The files chosen had to meet the inclusion criteria of having tubal pat...

Background: Infertility is defined as 1 year of unprotected intercourse without pregnancy. The main causes of infertility are as follows: male factor, Both mail and female, as well as unexplained etiologies. Tubal and peritoneal factors Aceount for 30%-40% of causes of female infertility. Tubal factors include damage and obstraction of the fallopian tube, usually associated with previous pelvic...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to examine the role of hysterosalpingocontrast sonography (HyCoSy) as a screening test for endometrial and tubal pathology at the start of the infertility investigation protocol. METHODS HyCoSy was compared with X-ray hysterosalpingography (HSG) for the assessment of the endometrial cavity and Fallopian tube patency. A total of 103 women with a hist...

BACKGROUND In order to formulate cost-effective health interventions aimed at preventing infertility it is necessary to identify modifiable risk factors for infertility in sub-Saharan Africa. This case-control study examined potential predictors and their population attributable fraction (PAF%) for various infertility types including lifestyle factors, sexual behaviour and reproductive tract in...

Infertility can be influenced by several factors, including the presence of leiomyomas and tubal abnormalitieslike a abscess or tubo-ovarian which cause adhesions tubes surrounding tissuesor obstruction tubes. A 35-year-old woman is diagnosed with primary infertility 8 years withintramural uterine leiomyoma, right abscess, left obstruction.Laparotomy myomectomy salpingostomy surgery were carrie...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate salpingoscopic tubal mucosal grading and to find out correlation between laparoscopic external tubal appearance and salpingoscopic mucosal appearance. DESIGN Prospective observational study. INTERVENTION Salpingoscopy and laparoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-seven infertile women between 21 and 40 years of age group who attended infertility clinic at IKDRC, Ahme...

BACKGROUND A decrease in HOXA11 expression in eutopic mid-secretory endometrium has been found in women with endometriosis-associated infertility. METHODS Using Real-time quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR) and western blotting analysis we studied the HOXA11 transcript and protein levels in mid-luteal eutopic endometrium from eighteen infertile women with minimal endometriosis, sixteen healthy fertile ...

Background The goal of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of antichlamydia antibody in different subgroups of infertile women. MaterialsAndMethods The study was performed on 300 women admitted to a university-based clinic.The antichlamydia antibody was assayed via ELISA method. Results Positive titer was reported in 32.3 percent of the population under study. Statistically significant dif...

Five hundred and nine Laparoscopic examinations performed between 1987-91, (147 procedures for evaluation of gynaecologic pelvic pain and 313 for infertility) revealed ectopic pregnancy (27%), twisted ovarian cyst (18%) and acute pelvic inflammatory disease (14%) in cases of acute gynaecologic pain, and endometriosis (17%) and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (16%) in chronic pelvic pain. Ad...

Thirty-six asymptomatic infertile women undergoing laparoscopic examination as part of their infertility investigations, were included in this study on chlamydial infection. Patients were tested for chlamydial antigen in the cervix and peritoneal fluid. The serum of twenty-five of these patients was titrated for evidence of chlamydial antibodies. Fifty women attending a family planning clinic w...