UNEXPECTED PREGNANCIES AFTER TUBAL RECANALIZATION FAILURE WITH SELECTIVE CATHETERIZATION

Objective: To evaluate selective salpingography sensitivity. Design: R etrospective study. Setting: Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Uni versity of Genoa, Italy. Patients: One hundred seventeen patients prev iously submitted to selective salpingography because of unilateral or bilateral proximal tubal injection failure. Results: Seven pregnancies , one of which was ectopic, were obtained in 17 patients who had only recanalized tubes available for conception; 15 pregnancies were obtain ed in 39 patients who had one tube recanalized and one already patent; 3 tubal pregnancies were obtained in 12 patients who had only one tub e already patent; 4 pregnancies, one of which was ectopic, were obtain ed in 19 patients who had neither patent nor recanalized tubes. Conclu sions: Selective salpingography can give false-positive results; there fore, it is possible to obtain a pregnancy even after selective salpin gography failure.