Robotically assisted laparoscopic microsurgical tubal reanastomosis: a retrospective study. 2010

Martin Caillet, and Jean Vandromme, and Serge Rozenberg, and Marianne Paesmans, and Olivier Germay, and Michel Degueldre
University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. martincaillet@yahoo.fr

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the pregnancy and delivery outcome of robot-assisted tubal reanastomosis. METHODS Retrospective cohort study. METHODS University hospital. METHODS Ninety-seven patients with available follow-up who underwent the reversal of tubal ligation, with a median age of 37 years (range, 24-47 years). METHODS Tubal reanastomosis by robot-assisted laparoscopy. METHODS Analysis of the distribution of time to conception and to estimate the crude pregnancy and birth rates at 2 years. RESULTS The overall pregnancy and birth rates were 71%, (95% confidence interval [CI], 61%-80%) and 62% (95% CI, 52%-72%). Ninety-one percent (95% CI, 76%-98%) of patients <35 years old became pregnant, and 88% (95% CI, 72%-97%) delivered at least once. The corresponding pregnancy and delivery rates were 75% (95% CI, 57%-89%) and 66% (95% CI, 47%-81%) between 36 and 39 years old, 50% (95% CI, 25%-75%) and 43.8% (95% CI, 20%-70%) between 40 and 42 years old, 33% (95% CI, 10%-65%) and 8.3% (95% CI, <1%-38%) after the age of 43 years. CONCLUSIONS This study reports satisfactory birth rates after tubal reanastomosis by robot-assisted laparoscopy in patients aged 40 years or less.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008866 Microsurgery The performance of surgical procedures with the aid of a microscope.
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010535 Laparoscopy A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy. Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000714 Anastomosis, Surgical Surgical union or shunt between ducts, tubes or vessels. It may be end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-end, or side-to-side. Surgical Anastomosis,Anastomoses, Surgical,Surgical Anastomoses
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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