1. A method for evaluating human tubal motility in vivo: a new approach for infertility investigation
- Author
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G, Gubbini, C, Tabanelli, C, Orlandi, G, Bazzocchi, and G, Lanfranchi Assuero
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Adult ,Follicular Phase ,Manometry ,Humans ,Female ,Hysteroscopy ,Luteal Phase ,Infertility, Female ,Fallopian Tubes ,Muscle Contraction - Abstract
The motility of the Fallopian tube plays an important role in the gametes and embryo transport. Disorders of the tubal motor function may be involved in a great number of patients with unexplained infertility. The aim of this study was to develop a method to measure the tubal motility by means of an hysteroscopic approach in humans. The following motor parameters were evaluated: 1) the basal pressure of each 1 cm tract of the tube; 2) amplitude and frequency of the tubal contractions; 3) the uterine intraluminal pressure eight patients in the follicular phase (FP group) and 8 in the luteal phase (LP group) of the menstrual cycle, were studied. The duration of the motility recording session was 12 +/- 3 minutes (range 7-19 minutes). No significant differences were shown between the two groups of patients, and no differences were found between the recordings obtained from the right and the left tubes.
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- 1991