it is a seminar on female infertility.
how to approach a case of female infertility.it will help post graduates to learn important points at one place.
2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
DEFINATION
TYPES OF INFERTILTY
CAUSES OF FEMALE INFERTILITY
HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
INVESTIGATIONS
APPROACH
OVULATORY FACTORS
TUBAL FACTORS
UTERINE FACTORS
OTHER FACTORS CAUSING INFERTILITY
COUNSELLING
REFRENCES
3. DEFINITIONS
Infertility is defined as 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse without
conception.
The term subfertility is used interchangeably to describe women or couples who
may not be sterile but exhibit decreased reproductive efficiency.
Fecundability is the probability that a cycle will result in pregnancy.
Fecundity is the probability that a cycle will result in a live birth.
7. HISTORY TAKING
AGE
DURATION OF MARRIAGE
DURATION OF INFERTILITY
PAST OBSTETRIC HISTORY
MENSTRUAL HISTORY
PAST MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HISTORY
FAMILY HISTORY
CONTRACEPTION HISTORY
OCCUPATION HISTORY
ADDICTION HISTORY
SEXUAL OR COITAL HISTORY
HISTORY OF GALACTORRHEA
HISTORY OF CHANGE IN WEIGHT GAIN
HISTORY OF HIRSUITISM
8.
9. INVESTIGATIONS
GENERAL INESTIGATIONS
CBC
ABO RH
HIV
HCV
HEPATITIS B
VDRL
LFT
KFT
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
THYROID PROFILE
DIABETIC SCREENING
HORMONAL STUDY
SERUM FSH
SERUM ESTRADIOL
SERUM LH
SERUM PROLACTIN
ANATOMICAL
INVESTICATIONS
PELVIC ULTRASOUND
HSG
MALE FACTOR
HUSBAND SEMEN ANALYSIS
12. TEST OF OVULATION (DETECTION OF OVULATION)
Urinary LH monitoring
Mid luteal serum progesterone
Endometrial biopsy
Cervical mucous study
Basal body temperature BBT
Vaginal cytology
Menstrual history
13. OVARIAN RESERVE TESTS
OTHERS
OVARIAN VOLUME
ANTRAL FOLLICLE COUNT
AMH ANTI MULLERIAN HORMONE
INHIBIN B
CLOMIPHENE CHALLENGE TEST
SERUM FSH AND SERUM ESTRADIOL LEVELS
14.
15. OVULATORY FACTORS
INFREQUENT MENSES
HOT FLUSHES
HIGH FSH AND LH (POST
MENOPAUSAL RANGE)
APPROACH
PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE
ART
DONOR EGG -IVF
ADOPTION
HIGH DAY 3 FSH
ABNORMAL OVARIAN RESERVE TEST
ADVANCED AGE
DECREASED OVARIAN RESERVE
DECREASE CHANCES OF
SUCCESSFUL TX
INCREASE RISK OF
MISCARRIAGE AND ANEUPLOIDY
IUI
IVF
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
HYPERANDROGENISM
OLIGOMENORRHEA OR ANOVULATION
EXCLUDED OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS
PCOS
OVULATION INDUCTION
21. Enclomiphene Zuclomiphene
Cis form
Trans form
t1/2 short
t1/2 long
More potent
CC 2nd most common drug used in PCOS for ovulation induction
CC m/c drug for non PCOS pt for ovulation induction
Not useful in WHO group I
22. REGIMEN : 50 MG OD for 5 days [day 2 to day 6 ] or [day 5 to day 9]
Max dose 150 mg
lushes, headache, breast tenderness, pelvic pain , nausea , visual disturban
RISKS :
7-10% Multi fetal pregnancy
OHSS rare
No evidence of anomaly in fetus
Can be used in combination with
adjuvants
Glucocorticoids ( 5mg prednisolone or
0.5 -2 mg of dexa)
Metformin
HCG inj 5000 IU
29. LETROZOLE : DOC in PCOS
2.5 mg OD for 5 days [ day 3 of cycle] Max dose 7.5 mg
Side effects : hot flushes, headache , cramps , fatigue , dizziness
Risks : multifetal gestation risk is same as CC
LETROZOLE CLOMIPHENE
Ovulation 88%
Preg rate 27 %
Live birth 27%
Ovulation 75%
Preg rate 21 %
Live birth 19%
31. Gonadotropin therapy
Highly effective
Costly
OHSS max risk
Multifetal gestation risk
Good in WHO group I patients
Preparations : hMG , Menotropins
1 ml = 75 IU FSH Inj im
75 IU LH
Purified varieties of FSH ; 75 IU FSH with 1LH or 0 LH 0r 0.001 LH.
GIVEN sc route
Brand name : urofollitropin
Recombinant FSH also available
32. INDICATIONS :
GROUP I WHO ( hypogonadotropin hypogonadism)
Drug failure ( CC or letrozole failure)
Unexplained infertility
Contraindications:
Pregnancy
Primary ovarian failure
Uncontrolled thyroid / adrenal
dysfunction
Unexplained abnormal uterine bleeding
Intracranial lesions
Non PCOS ovarian cyst
RISKS
Multifetal gestation
OHSS
34. OHSS OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME
Inc capillary permeability
Inc VEGF and other cytokines
Fluid shift to extravascular compartment
Hypovolemia
Hypercoagulation
RISK FACTORS
Young age
Thin patient
PCOS
Increase ovarian reserve(high AMH
High dose of gonadotropin
Inj HCG high dose
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36.
37. PREVENTION OF OHSS
IF estrogen levels >2500 pg/ml — coasting to be done
and delay inj HCG
If inj HCG to be given , give low dose 5000IU
USING GnRH agonist
Cabergoline( anti VEGF property)
Progesterone(100mg) can be given instead of inj HCG
38. Mild to moderate type
Ovarian enlargement
Lower abdominal discomfort
Nausea vomiting and diarrhoea
Abdominal distension
TREATMENT
Expectant management
Counselling
Avoid intercourse
Weight chart
Urine frequency chart
Hematocrit level
Serum electrolyte
Serum creatinine
Fluids intake
Electrolyte rich drinks
Avoid heavy activity
39. SEVERE OR CRITICAL OHSS
Hospitalization to be done
Severe pain
Rapid weight gain
Tense ascitic
Respiratory distress
Lower blood pressure
Electrolyte abnormality
Na <135 meq/L
K>5 meq/L
Hematocrit>55%
Creat >1.2 mg/dl
Haemorrhage
DVT
TREATMENT
ICU mx
IVF
NS is preferred
Slow albumin infusion
Avoid diuretics
K+ if raised insulin +D 25%
Ascitis——paracentesis
VTE Stockings
Heparin therapy continued till
first trimester
41. Tubal factor accounts for 25% to 35% of infertility.
CAUSES :
TUBERCULOSIS (10-15%)
PID.
SEPTIC ABORTION
ENDOMETRIOSIS
TUBAL SURGERY
ECTOPIC PREGNANACY SURGERY
1 TIME PID —10-12% CHANCES OF TUBAL BLOCK
2 TIMES PID —-23-35% CHANCES
3 TIMES PID ——54-75% CHANCES
42. TUBOCORNUAL REGION
Failure of contrast to enter tube
Salpingitis isthmica nodosa (SIN)
Endometriosis Polyps
ISTHMUS
Occlusion
AMPULLA
Intraluminal adhesions Tubal pregnancy
INFUNDIBULUM
Hydrosalpinx
Phimosis of distal tubal ostium
INTRAPERITONEAL SPREAD
Adhesions
43. TEST OF TUBAL PATENCY
Gold standard
HyCoSy
SONOSALPINGOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSTIC LAPROSCOPY
HSG (HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY
CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODY TESTING
51. LAPROSCOPY
INDICATED WHEN HSG IS ABNORMAL.
DIAGNOSTIC LAPROSCOPY IS DONE IN G.A. or CAN BE DONE IN SEDATION +
LA .
OPERATIVE LAPROSCOPY IS DONE IN G.A.
IT IS GOLD STANDARD
WE CAN SEE : UTERUS , ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR POUCH , OVARIAN
SURFACE , FOSSA , FALLOPIAN TUBES.
CHEMOPERTUBATION CAN BE DONE WHERE METHYLENE BLUE INDIGO
CARBINE IS USED
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56. HyCoSy
IN THIS , CONTRAST MEDIA IS USED FOR USG (SURFACTANT +
BUBBLES)
SENSITIVITY 92%
SPECIFICITY 95%
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58. Falloposcopy—A transvaginal endoscopic procedure to examine the fallopian tubes, especially the intramural and isthmic segments.
Fimbrial phimosis—Agglutination of the fimbriae.
Fimbrioplasty—The reconstruction of the fimbriae or tubal infundibulum.
Hysterosalpingography (HSG)—An X-ray based con- trast test to assess the uterine cavity and the fallopian tubes.
Hydrosalpinx—A distally occluded tube, usually sec- ondary to infection, which distends with accumulation of
serous fluid.
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)—An inflammatory disorder of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and adjacent pelvic structures usually secon
Salpingoovariolysis—The division and/or excision of periadnexal adhesions with the aim of restoring normal anatomy.
Salpingoscopy—An endoscopic examination of the am- pullary portion of the tubal lumen.
Salpingostomy—The creation of a new stoma in a tube with a completely occluded distal end.
Tubal cannulation—The passage of a flexible guide wire and narrow-gauge cannula through the proximal tubal ostia along the length o
Tubotubal anastomosis—The surgical approximation of tubal segments after tubal sterilization or excision of an occluded or diseased
61. THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE PLANNING A
TREATMENT
AGE OF PATIENT
OVARIAN RESERVE
PREVIOUS FERTILITY
NO OF CHILDREN PLANNED
COST
MALE FACTOR / OTHER FACTORS
SITE AND EXTENT OF TUBAL DAMAGE
62. TUBAL SURGERY IS DONE IN :
YOUNG PATIENTS
NORMAL OVARIAN RESERVE
PROVEN FERTILITY
MULTIPLE CHILDREN PLAN
64. REVERSAL OF STERILIZATION
PRE OPERATIVE HSG IS MUST
SEMEN ANALYSIS NORMAL
YOUNG PATIENT <35 YEARS
ISTHMO-ISTHMIC ANASTOMOSIS IS DONE (BEST)
SUCCESS RATE 40-80%
ECTOPIC RATE 5-10%
65. Preparation of the ampulla in intramural–ampullary or isthmic–ampullary anastomosis.
A: The serosa over the tip of the ampullary stump is incised in a circular manner and excise
B: The center point of the exposed muscularis is grasped and a small opening is made into
66. Isthmic–ampullary anastomosis in the presence of significant luminal disparity.
A: Enlargement of the isthmic lumen.
B: Placement of the 12-o’clock suture.
67. DISTAL TUBAL OCCLUSION
FIMBRIOLYSIS : MILD CASES , SEPARATION OF AGGLUTINATED FIMBRIAE
FIMBRIOPLASTY : MODERATE CASES , CORRECTION OF PHIMOSIS
NEOSALPINGOSTOMY : SEVERE CASES , REOPENING OF COMPLETLY
OBSTRUCTED FIMBRAE, DONE IN YOUNG PTS ONLY.
IF THERE IS HYDROSALPHINX , IVF SUCCESS IS REDUCED BY 50% THEREFORE
DO SALOHINGECTOMY THEN IVF.
IF SALPINGECTOMY NOT POSSIBLE , DO CORNUAL LIGATION.
ANOTHER OPTION : ESSURE —HYSTEROSCOPIC TUBAL OCCLUSION BEFORE IVF
IN CASE OF HYDROSALPHINX . ESSURE IS 2MM THICK AND FORM A PLUG OF 4
CM.
68. Fimbrioplasty: to free agglutinated fimbriae.
A: The 3-mm alligator-jawed forceps is introduced through the stenosed opening.
B: The jaws of the forceps are opened within the tube.
C: The forceps is gently withdrawn while the jaws are kept open.
69. Fimbrioplasty: correction of prefimbrial phimosis.
A and B: An in- cision is placed at the antimesosalpingeal border of the tube.
C: Completed procedure with flaps everted.
70. Salpingostomy.
A: The occluded distal end of
the tube usually has a
centrally placed avascular
area, from which avascular
scarred lines extend in a
cartwheel manner.
B: The first incision is made
along an avascular line
toward the ovary.
C: Avascular lines are incised
by viewing from within the
tube along the circumference
of the initial opening.
D: Cutting along the
avascular lines is continued
until a satisfactory stoma is
fashioned.
E: The flaps can be everted by
placing two or three no. 6–0
71. PROXIMAL TUBAL OCCLUSION
1/4 TH CASES ARE FALSE +VE —-REPEAT HSG / CHROMOPERTUBATION
TREATMENT : TUBAL CANNULATION [HYSTEROSCOPIC OR
FLUROSCOPIC GUIDED]
MULTIPLE BLOCKS / SALPINGITIS ISTHIMICA NODOSA—-IVF IS PREFERED
B/L TUBAL BLOCKS —-IVF IS PREFERRED
TUBAL CANNULATION 27% PREGNANCY RATE , 4% ECTOPIC RATE
FAILURE OF TUBAL CANNUALATION ——— IVF TO BE CONSIDER
72. Microsurgical tubocornual anastomosis
for proximal tubal disease.
A: The tube is transected at the
uterotubal function (UTF). Commencing
at the UTF, serial cuts are made on the
isthmus until patent and normal tube is
identified.
B: The intramural tube is dissected
electrosurgically, by using a
microelectrode, from the surrounding
uterine muscle, 1 to 2 mm at a time,
and
(C and D) transected until patent and
normal tube is reached.
E: The first anastomotic suture of the
inner musculoepithelial layer is placed
at the 6-o’clock position.
F: After the opposition of the inner
layer, the seromuscularis of the uterus
is joined to the serosa of the tube.
G: The mesosalpinx is joined to the
lateral aspect of the uterus.
78. EVALUATION :
D1 MENSTRUAL BLOOD FOR TB PCR / AFB/ CULTURE
HSG for evaluation — shape of uterus , submucous fibroid , polyp
TVS — endometrial lining
Saline infusion sonography — best for submucus fibroid, polyp
Hysteroscopy (GOLD STANDARD) — diagnostic as well as therapeutic.
Hysteroscopy is therapeutic for — polypectomy , sub mucous myomectomy, septal
resection, adhesiolysis [ after adhesiolysis —pediatric foleys is kept for 7 days +
estrogen supplement for 1 cycle]
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85. Resectoscopic metroplasty.
A: A Foley catheter is placed in
one cavity of a com- plete
septate uterus (American
Fertility Society class VA
uterus). The resectoscope is
inserted in the opposite cavity,
and the septum is incised until
the Foley is visualized. The
septum can be easily incised
with the resectoscope until both
internal os are visible.
B: A septate uterus with a
single cervix. The septum can
be incised with the straight
loupe of the resectoscope.
86. Techniques of metroplasty.
Wedge technique of Jones and Jones.
Transverse fundal incision of Strassman.
Median bivalving technique of Tompkins.
88. ANTI SPERM ANTIBODY IN CERVICAL MUCOUS CAUSES SPERM TO DIE.
POST COITAL TEST ( SIMS HUHNER TEST) [NOT DONE ROUTINELY NOWADAYS]
DONE ON DAY 13 OF CYCLE. OR
DONE WHEN LH SURGE IS DETECTED IN URINE. OR
DOMINANT FOLLICLE REACHES 18 MM ON FOLLICULOMETRY
SAMPLE IS TAKEN 2-12 HOURS AFTER INTERCOURSE AND CERVICAL MUCOUS IS ASSESSED
UNDER MICROSCOPY.
CERVICAL MUCUS IS ASSESED FOR —
CELLULARITY
VISCOSITY
MUCUS CLARITY
SPERM NUMBER AND MOTILITY
89. IF ALL THE SPERMS ARE —
AGGLUTINATED
DENERATED
NON MOTILE
SHAKY MOTILITY
< 10 MOTILE SPERMS
IMMUNOLOGICAL INFERTILITY
IF SEMEN ANALYSIS WAS NORMAL
90. BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS SPERM INTERECTION TEST
DONE TO DIFFERENTIATE WHETHER ANTIBODIES WERE ALREADY
THERE IN SEMEN OR ITS CERVICAL MUCUS ANTIBODIES.
95. HISTORY AND EXAMINATION OF BOTH PARTNERS IS VITAL
COUNSELLING AT FIRST VISIT HAS A KEY ROLE
TEST OF OVULATION AND TUBAL PATENCY CORELATE WITH PREGNANCY
OUTCOME
A REGULAR FOLLOWUP IS NEEDED
AGE FACTOR IS IMPORTANT TO START EVALUATION EARLY
TEST OF OVULATION RESERVE ARE NOT RECOMMENDED ROUTINELY
TUBERCULOSIS TO BE RULED OUT IN TUBAL AND UTERINE FACTOR INFERTILITY
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