Uterine Anomalies in Infertility - An Evaluation by Diagnostic Hysterolaparoscopy

Abstract

Benudhar Pande1 , Soumyashree Padhan2 , Pranati Pradhan3

BACKGROUND About 10 - 15 % of reproductive age couples are affected by infertility.1 According to WHO 60 - 80 million couples currently suffer from infertility.2 Prevalence of infertility is rapidly increasing globally.3 Uterine factors of infertility include uterine anomalies, fibroid uterus, synechiae, Asherman’s syndrome, and failure of implantation without any known primary causes. Congenital uterine malformations are seen in 10 % cases of infertile women. We wanted to evaluate the anomalies of uterus in case of primary and secondary infertility by DHL (diagnostic hysterolaperoscopy). METHODS This is a hospital-based, observational study, conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, VIMSAR, Burla, from November 2017 to October 2019. Diagnostic hysterolaparoscopy was done in 100 infertility cases. RESULTS In our study, uterine anomaly i.e. septate uterus was the most common hysteroscopic abnormaly found in 23 cases followed by submucous fibroid, polyp, synechiae and bicornuate uterus. CONCLUSIONS With proper selection of cases, and when done by skilled surgeon, can be considered as standard day care procedure for female infertility evaluation.

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