Abstract
Hydrosalpinx is a common cause of female infertility. Lower implantation and pregnancy rates have been reported in women with hydrosalpinges. How hydrosalpinx exerts its negative effect on the implantation process is not clearly understood. Mechanical factors, toxicity of the hydrosalpingeal fluid, and receptivity dysfunction may explain the impaired IVF outcome in the presence of hydrosalpinx. Laparoscopic surgery has a place in the diagnosis and management of hydrosalpinx. Analysis of the results of laparoscopic management of hydrosalpinx underscores the positive role of laparoscopy in fertility outcomes in women with this pathological tubal disease. Laparoscopic salpingectomy should be offered in those women who have bilateral disease or in cases where hydrosalpinges are large enough to be visible on ultrasound. Further randomized trials are required to assess other surgical treatment options for hydrosalpinx, such as laparoscopic salpingostomy, laparoscopic or hysteroscopic tubal occlusion, and drainage of hydrosalpinx before or during oocyte retrieval.
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