Infertility surgery is dead: only the obituary remains?

Feinberg EC, Levens ED, DeCherney AH

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.041

Fertility and sterility, 2008

Infertility surgery is dead: only the obituary remains?

Eve C. Feinberg , Levens ED , Alan H DeCherney

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Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. ROR
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ROR

Critical to restorative reproductive medicine

DOI10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.041 PMID17509579

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Abstract

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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Feinberg, E. C., Levens, E. D., & DeCherney, A. H. (2008). Infertility surgery is dead: only the obituary remains?. Fertility and sterility. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.041