Abstract

Background: Transvaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy are the tools to assess the inner architecture of the uterus. In India as such very few studies were conducted to see the effect of endometrial injury on the pregnancy outcome, so the current study was conducted to assess the efficacy of hysteroscopy in identifying the uterine pathologies and to assess the pregnancy rate following the endometrial scratching. Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted during June 2012 to may 2015 at KJK Hospital, Trivandrum. All patients undergoing IVF in the said duration are scheduled for Pre IVF Hysteroscopy prior to the onset of periods. All the study population had undergone a transvaginal USG and hysteroscopy. Half of the study population (n=175) had underwent endometrial scratching and the occurrence of clinical pregnancy was compared among the group who had not undergone the endometrial scratching. Results: The sensitivity (100%) and specificity (85%) was much higher for hysteroscopy when compared with USG. There was a statistically significant difference in the occurrence of clinical pregnancy among the patients for whom endometrial scratching done when compared to those who had not undergone endometrial scratching (p<.0001). Conclusions: Through hysteroscopy, the intrauterine pathologies and structural uterine abnormalities that may be responsible for the failure of IVF can be detected and treated, resulting in improved pregnancy rates and the clinical pregnancy and implantation rates significantly increase after endometrial scratching in same cycle in patients with good-quality embryos.

Highlights

  • Among the in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), the implantation rate per embryo transferred usually does not exceed 30%, higher rates with the use of blastocysts have been reported, depending on female age [1,2].uterus [4]

  • Hysterosalpingography, transvaginal ultrasonography, saline infusion sonography and hysteroscopy are the various measures to assess the inner architecture of the Manuscript Received: 14th Oct 2015 Reviewed: 26th Nov 2015 Author Corrected: 30th Nov 2015 Accepted for Publication: 4th Jan 2016

  • The uterine pathologies which were picked up hysteroscopy was almost 4 times more than the uterine anomalies reported by USG

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Introduction

Among the in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), the implantation rate per embryo transferred usually does not exceed 30%, higher rates with the use of blastocysts have been reported, depending on female age [1,2].uterus [4]. Transvaginal ultrasonography and hysteroscopy are the tools to assess the inner architecture of the uterus. All the study population had undergone a transvaginal USG and hysteroscopy. Half of the study population (n=175) had underwent endometrial scratching and the occurrence of clinical pregnancy was compared among the group who had not undergone the endometrial scratching. There was a statistically significant difference in the occurrence of clinical pregnancy among the patients for whom endometrial scratching done when compared to those who had not undergone endometrial scratching (p

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