Objective: To establish parameters associated with successful fimbriectomy reversal and to estimate monthly fecundability and cumulative pregnancy rates through life-table analysis.
Design: Series report.
Setting: University-based infertility clinic.
Patient(s): Forty-one women undergoing surgery for tubal sterilization reversal.
Intervention(s): Surgical fimbriectomy reversal.
Main Outcome Measure(s): Time from sterilization to reversal, laparoscopy vs. laparotomy, uni- vs. bilateral fimbriectomy reversal, Bruhat vs. suture, tubal lengths, postsurgical hysterosalpingogram, ovulation induction, incidence of pregnancy and outcome, and life-table analysis to determine pregnancy rate.
Result(s): The mean time from sterilization to reversal was 11.5 years. Of the 41 women who underwent fimbriectomy reversal, 6 (14.6%) conceived. Sixteen reversals were performed by laparotomy resulting in 4 (25%) pregnancies, whereas 25 were performed laparoscopically resulting in 2 (8%) pregnancies. Eight had unilateral salpingostomies and 33 bilateral, of which 1 of 8 (12.5%) and 5 of 33 (15.2%) conceived, respectively. Using the Bruhat technique, 1 of 11 (9%) conceived vs. 5 of 30 (16.7%) that underwent reversal using sutures. The mean postoperative tubal length for the 6 women who conceived was 8 cm vs. 6.7 cm in the 35 women who did not conceive. Postoperatively, 26 women received ovulation induction and 1 (3.8%) conceived whereas 5 (33.3%) conceptions occurred in 15 women who did not require ovulation induction. Using life-table analysis with 619 postsurgical cycles, the monthly fecundability was.0097. The cumulative conception rate after 5 years was 31.2%.
Conclusion(s): Neosalpingostomy for the reversal of fimbriectomy sterilization represents a viable option for fertility restoration. The best candidates for this procedure are spontaneously ovulatory and have a tubal length of more than 7 cm.
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