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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 8, 1923-1924, August 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Should hysteroscopy be a part of the basic infertility workup?

Asher Shushan1 and Nathan Rojansky

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Ein-Karem Medical Centre, Kiryat Hadassah, POB 12000, IL-91120, Jerusalem, Israel.

The state of the art of the infertility workup, strange as it may appear, has never been accurately defined. A recent survey, that was designed to determine how reproductive endocrinologists practice on a daily basis, demonstrated that the five basic tests that were regarded as the cornerstone of the infertility evaluation were: semen analysis, assessment of ovulation, hysterosalpingogram (HSG), laparoscopy, and the post-coital test (Glatstein et al, 1997aGo). It would seem that there has been no change during the last 25 years. It was reported that <50% of the specialists would include a more advanced and more accurate modality of evaluating the uterine cavity, such as hysteroscopy, as part of their routine investigation (Glatstein et al. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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