Meng-meng Li1,
Wei-juan Wang2,
Feng Huang3,
Xiao Wang4 
For correspondence:- Xiao Wang Email: zanzianyue7372666@163.com
Accepted: 22 April 2021 Published: 31 May 2021
Citation: Li M, Wang W, Huang F, Wang X. Effect of fallopian tube dredging with a combination of hysteroscopy and Traditional Chinese medicine containing marine-derived principles in patients with inflammatory obstruction of fallopian tube. Trop J Pharm Res 2021; 20(5):1079-1083 doi: 10.4314/tjpr.v20i5.28
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Purpose: To investigate the therapeutic effect of fallopian tube dredging using a combination of hysteroscopy and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) containing marine-derived bioactive principles on patients with inflammatory obstruction of fallopian tube.
Methods: A total of 108 patients with inflammatory obstruction of fallopian tube admitted to Weifang Maternal and Child Health Hospital from February 2017 to February 2018 were enrolled in the study. The patients were randomized into study group (n = 54) and reference group (n = 54). The reference group received traditional laparotomy, while the study group received fallopian tube dredging using hysteroscopy in combination with TCM containing marine-based bioactive principles. The clinical effects of the two treatments were compared.
Results: The number of completely unobstructed patients was significantly higher in the study group than in the reference group, with lower number of patients unilaterally unobstructed in the study group (p < 0.05). No significant differences in the number of bilaterally obstructed patients between the two groups were observed (p > 0.05). The study group showed an evidently higher total effectiveness rate than the reference group (p < 0.05). Stronger evidence of a higher number of cases of intrauterine pregnancy in the study group than that in the reference group was found, while a strikingly lower number of pregnancy failures and ectopic gestations in the study group was obtained, when compared to the reference group (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Fallopian tube dredging combined with hysteroscopy and TCM containing marine-derived principles effectively improves treatment outcomes in patients with fallopian tube obstruction. Thus, the combination therapy has greater benefits than the traditional approach.
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