GOTO TOP 61. What are the causes of damaged fallopian tubes?
In the beginning In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) was developed for patients facing infertility due to damaged fallopian tubes. Later on the indications to perform IVF was broadened, for example unexplained infertility and male infertility. Nowadays tubal damage still accounts for a large number of all IVF treatments. The main cause is abdominal infection. For the tubes this is mostly due to sexually transmitted diseases (for example chlamydia or gonorrhea) but complicated appendicitis or Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) can also cause damaged tubes. Other causes are abdominal operations (gynecological operations, cesarean section, sterilisation or other) and internal diseases like Crohn’s disease. Affected patients can have fertility problems and are at risk for having a pregnancy located in the tubes (ectopic or tubal pregnancy). 62. Cystic fibrosis and male infertility Men who have cystic fibrosis often have a congenital anomaly in the male genital tract. The vas deferens, the tube con
