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Hysteroscopy and Infertility

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The clinical relevance of hysteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of uterine factors and its role in the infertility workup is still the topic of discussion in the scientific community.

Thanks to its potential capability to “see and treat” many of the uterine pathologies and to improve reproductive outcomes and reduce time to pregnancy, its importance has been reconsidered in the evaluation of infertile couples.

The objective of this chapter is to highlight the efficacy of diagnostic and/or operative hysteroscopy in improving the pregnancy outcome of infertile women, through diagnosis and treatment of some uterine anomalies.

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  1. Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

    Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo

  2. Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Alessandro Conforti, Enrica Mastantuoni & Carlo Alviggi

  3. Unifertes Fertility Unit, Caracas, Venezuela

    Jose Jimenez

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy

    Andrea Tinelli

  2. Malaga Hysteroscopy Unit, Gutenberg Institute, Málaga, Spain

    Luis Alonso Pacheco

  3. Hysteroscopy Unit, Del Mar University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Sergio Haimovich

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Sardo, A.D.S., Conforti, A., Mastantuoni, E., Alviggi, C., Jimenez, J. (2020). Hysteroscopy and Infertility. In: Tinelli, A., Alonso Pacheco, L., Haimovich, S. (eds) Atlas of Hysteroscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29466-3_17

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