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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Reprod Infert</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">arij001</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Reproduction &amp; Infertility</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">2228-5482</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2251-676X</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Avicenna Research Institute</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">jri661</article-id>
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        <article-title>Laparoscopic Fimbrioplasty and Neosalpingostomy in Female Infertility: A Review of 402 Cases at the Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital in Yaound&#233;-Cameroon</article-title>
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        <contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kasia</surname><given-names>Jean</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaound&#233; I, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff><aff>Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ngowa</surname><given-names>Jean</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaound&#233; I, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff><aff>Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mimboe</surname><given-names>Yolande</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaound&#233; I, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Toukam</surname><given-names>Michel</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ngassam</surname><given-names>Anny</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Noa</surname><given-names>Claude</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaound&#233; I, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff><aff>Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Belinga</surname><given-names>Etienne</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaound&#233; I, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff><aff>Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Medou</surname><given-names>Alexis</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Anesthesia Unit, Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital, Yaound&#233;, Cameroon</aff></contrib-group>
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      <volume>17</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>104</fpage>
      <lpage>110</lpage>
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          <day>2</day>
          <month>6</month>
          <year>2015</year>
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        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>12</day>
          <month>8</month>
          <year>2015</year>
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      &lt;p&gt;Background: More than 70 million couples suffer from infertility worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fertility outcomes after laparoscopic fimbrioplasty and neosalpingostomy in female infertility.&lt;br /&gt;
Methods: Laparoscopic distal tuboplasty was carried out for 402 cases at the Gynecological Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproductive Teaching Hospital in Yaound&amp;eacute;-Cameroon in Central Africa from December 2002 to December 2007. Laparoscopic fimbrioplasty and neosalpingostomy were done using bipolar electrocoagulation and conventional endoscopic instruments. Log-rank test was used to compare cumulative rate curves of intrauterine pregnancy with respect to the tubal stages. P&amp;lt;0.05 was considered statistically significant.&lt;br /&gt;
Results: The mean age of the patients was 31.6&amp;plusmn;5.45 years. Secondary infertility was the most frequent type of infertility (70.14%). The laparoscopic tubal surgery done consisted of fimbrioplasty in 185(46%) cases and neosalpingostomy in 217(54%) cases. Of 260 women followed up after tuboplasty, there were overall 74(28.48%) pregnancies; 68(26.1%) intrauterine pregnancies and 6(2.3%) ectopic pregnancies. Pregnancy rates were significantly associated to the tubal stage (63% in stage 1, 15% in stage 3 and 00% in stage 4; p&amp;lt;0.001) and the adnexal adhesion scores (73.91% in the absence of adnexal adhesions and 8.8% in the case of a severe adnexal adhesion score). Of the 68 intrauterine pregnancies, there were 60(88%) live births and 8(12%) spontaneous abortions.&lt;br /&gt;
Conclusion: It is believed that laparoscopic fimbrioplasty and neosalpingostomy should be the preferred choice when faced with tubal distal occlusion in a context of female infertility. This implies that training in endoscopic surgery should be regarded as an important issue in developing countries.&lt;/p&gt;

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