The Association of Appendectomy, Adhesions, Tubal Pathology, and Female Infertility.

Conclusion: Because previous appendectomy was associated with intra-abdominal adhesions, and these were in turn associated with tube pathology, but appendectomy was not directly associated with compromised tubal patency, previous appendectomy may indirectly affect female fertility through mechanisms other than direct tubal obstruction. This is one of the largest study analyzing laparoscopic chromopertubation in association with previous childhood appendectomy. PMID: 30846898 [PubMed - in process]
Source: JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - Category: Surgery Tags: JSLS Source Type: research