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Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 3 (1995), Issue 4, Pages 145-148
doi:10.1155/S1064744995000494
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Involuntary Infertility: Prospective Pilot Observations
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Virginia, P.O. Box 980034, Richmond 23298-0034, VA, USA
2Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Received 6 June 1995; Accepted 20 September 1995
Copyright © 1995 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Objective: We prospectively evaluated the rate of adverse reproductive outcomes following pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in a small cohort of American women.
Methods: We enrolled 28 patients having either salpingitis confirmed by laparoscopy or endometritis confirmed by endometrial biopsy. The follow-up was maintained by clinic visits and telephone contact.
Results: A median of 15.4 months of follow-up was accomplished for 82.1% of these women. Fifty-two percent (13/25) had unprotected sexual activity without conception for at least 6 months. Fully 55.6% (10/18) of the cohort were involuntarily infertile after at least 1 year of follow-up.
Conclusion: In the first prospective cohort study of the reproductive outcomes of American women having had PID, high rates of infertility at 1 year of follow-up were experienced by these women.