Valentine A Akande
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· 5 papers in corpus
meta-analysis
2017
BACKGROUND: Surgery remains an acceptable treatment modality for tubal infertility despite the rise in usage of in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Estimated livebirth rates after surgery range from 9% for women with severe tubal disease to 69% f…
review
2007
Tubal disease is a major cause of infertility. The amount of damage can vary greatly in extent, anatomical location and nature. For women with infertility due to tubal disease, prognostication for pregnancy often remains unclear and there i…
observational
2004
OBJECTIVE: This study explores the predictive value for live birth following tubal reconstructive surgery of the "Hull & Rutherford" (H&R) classification system. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary infertility referral s…
observational
2003
BACKGROUND: Opinion remains divided as to whether finding endometriotic lesions in the absence of adhesions has an adverse effect on the likelihood of conception. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of 192 fully investigated infertile …
other
2003
BACKGROUND: The study explores the relationship between serum chlamydia antibody titres (CATs) and detection of tubal damage in infertile women. METHODS: The tubal status and pelvic findings in 1006 women undergoing laparoscopy for inferti…