Prognosis of Tuboplasty

Correspondence Prognosis of Tuboplasty To the Ed·itors:

I wish to congratulate Mr. Ostry for his frank, revealing, and courageous report on selection of patients for tuboplasty (AM . .T. OBST. & GYNEC., February, 1957, p. 409). For some years I have been vexed by the reports from my friends and colleagues concerning their glamorous results. I found it difficult to believe that diseased, blocked Fallopian tubes could be so successfully repaired and complete function restored by tuboplastic methods. The specter of extrauterine pregnancy and spontaneous abortion dimmed my vision of the anticipated birth of a viable fetus. In cases where I have diagnosed obstructed Fallopian tubes, I have usually given a prognosis of a possible 2 per cent success in cornual implantation and 10 to 15 per cent in ampullar or fimbria! plastic. I now fi11
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