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Human Reproduction, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1099-1100, April 2002
© 2002 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Spontaneous intrauterine pregnancy following salpingectomy for a unilateral hydrosalpinx: Case report

M.A. Aboulghar,1, R.T. Mansour and G.I. Serour

The Egyptian IVF–Embryo Transfer Center, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

The effect of salpingectomy for unilateral hydrosalpinx with a contralateral normal tube was evaluated in two infertile patients in which unilateral hydrosalpinx, visualized by vaginal ultrasound, was treated by unilateral salpingectomy as a preparatory step before IVF. Spontaneous pregnancy occurred in both patients while waiting to be enrolled in an IVF trial. In conclusion, unilateral salpingectomy for hydrosalpinx in the presence of a contralateral healthy tube could result in spontaneous pregnancy.

Key words: salpingectomy/spontaneous pregnancy/unilateral hydrosalpinx/vaginal ultrasound

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: 3, 161 St. Hadaek Al Maadi, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: ivf{at}link.net

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A healthy baby has been delivered.


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