Infertility surgery is dead: only the obituary remains?

Eve C Feinberg; Eric D Levens; Alan H DeCherney

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.041

Reproductive Surgery Tubal Surgery

Infertility surgery is dead: only the obituary remains?

Feinberg EC, Levens ED, DeCherney AH

Published January 2008 Fertility and sterility

DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.041 PMID 17509579

Abstract

Critical to restorative reproductive medicine

Despite the multiple advantages of assisted reproductive technology compared with surgery, there remain several diagnoses for which surgery is still widely performed: distal tubal occlusion, regret of permanent sterilization, and endometriosis. Assisted reproductive technology is superior to surgery and should be offered as first-line treatment.

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Fertility-Preserving Surgery: Restorative, Specialist, and Conventional Approaches Compared

How fertility-preserving surgery differs by approach: restorative (RRM), specialist, and conventional, across endometriosis, ovarian cysts, PMOS / PCOS, fibroids, tubal disease, Asherman's syndrome, adenomyosis, cesarean scar, pelvic adhesions, and male-factor causes including varicocele and obstruction.

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Reproductive Surgery › Tubal Surgery › Tubal Anastomosis · Infertility › Tubal Factor › Distal Tubal Disease · Assisted Reproduction › Procedures and Protocols › IVF Protocols

Eve C Feinberg, Eric D Levens, Alan H DeCherney

E Feinberg, E Levens, A DeCherney

PMID 17509579 17509579 DOI 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.041 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.041 Feinberg et al. 2008, Feinberg 2008

Infertility surgery is dead: only the obituary remains?

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