From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Shiraz. I.R. Iran
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To determine the prevalence of Asherman's syndrome in the south of Iran
and assess the safety and efficacy of hysteroscopic adhesiolysis in restoration of
menstrual function and fertility, a prospective study was done from 1997 to 1999.
Among 2300 couples with infertility referring to the infertility clinic of a Shiraz
University hospital, 30 patients were proven to have Asherman's syndrome by
diagnostic hysterosalpingography (HSG) and then hysteroscopy. T he prevalence
of this syndrome was 1.3%. Hysteroscopic adhesiolysis was performed in all 30
patients. Adhesion reformation postoperatively was absent in stage 1 patients,
15% in stage II and 66% in stage III. Normal menstrual flow was restored in all
patients (100%), and 19 patients (63.3%) conceived after surgery that resulted in
term infants in 15 patients (50%).
Hysteroscopic adhesiolysis is. a safe and effective operation for restoring the
normal menstrual pattern and fertility, and the severity of the adhesions appear to
correlate best with the reproductive outcome.