The effect of laparoscopic salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy on ovarian reserve. 2020

Rachael Rodgers, and Jonathan Carter, and Geoffrey Reid, and Surya Krishnan, and Joanne Ludlow, and Michael Cooper, and Jason Abbott
Department of Reproductive Medicine, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Salpingectomy may damage ovarian reserve by direct vascular interruption to the ovary or thermal vascular injury from electrosurgery. It is plausible that this risk may increase in the context of salpingectomy conducted for ectopic pregnancy due to the distension of the fallopian tube and vascular changes associated with pregnancy. To report anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations before and after laparoscopic salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy as an indicator of change in ovarian reserve. Women aged 18-44 years scheduled for salpingectomy for tubal ectopic pregnancy were prospectively recruited. Serum AMH concentrations were measured immediately prior to surgery, then repeated four months post-operatively. In all cases, salpingectomy was conducted laparoscopically using bipolar electrosurgery and mechanical scissors. A group of women scheduled for uterine curettage for first trimester miscarriage was recruited to ensure any observed change in AMH concentration in the women undergoing salpingectomy was secondary to surgery, rather than an effect of pregnancy. Paired pre- and post-operative serum AMH concentrations were obtained from 32 women with tubal ectopic pregnancy. The mean age of the women was 33.6 ± 4.6 years. There was no significant difference in the median pre- and post-operative AMH concentrations (13.00 pmol/L (range 5-67 pmol/L) vs 15.25 pmol/L (range 3-96 pmol/L), P = 0.575). Median AMH concentrations also remained stable in women experiencing a first trimester miscarriage (10.40 pmol/L (range 3.9-37.8 pmol/L) vs 13.67 pmol/L (range 2.8-30.5 pmol/L), P = 0.185). Laparoscopic salpingectomy using electrosurgery and mechanical scissors does not damage ovarian reserve. AMH concentrations do not fluctuate from baseline in the first trimester of pregnancy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D011271 Pregnancy, Ectopic A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL). Ectopic Pregnancy,Pregnancy, Extrauterine,Ectopic Pregnancies,Extrauterine Pregnancies,Extrauterine Pregnancy,Pregnancies, Ectopic,Pregnancies, Extrauterine
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
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
D054304 Anti-Mullerian Hormone A glycoprotein that causes regression of MULLERIAN DUCTS. It is produced by SERTOLI CELLS of the TESTES. In the absence of this hormone, the Mullerian ducts develop into structures of the female reproductive tract. In males, defects of this hormone result in persistent Mullerian duct, a form of MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM. Mullerian-Inhibiting Hormone,Anti-Muellerian Hormone,Anti-Mullerian Factor,Antimullerian Hormone,Mullerian Inhibiting Hormone,Mullerian Inhibiting Substance,Mullerian Regression Factor,Mullerian-Inhibiting Factor,Mullerian-Inhibitory Substance,Anti Muellerian Hormone,Anti Mullerian Factor,Anti Mullerian Hormone,Hormone, Anti-Muellerian,Mullerian Inhibiting Factor,Mullerian Inhibitory Substance
D055815 Young Adult A person between 19 and 24 years of age. Adult, Young,Adults, Young,Young Adults

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