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The sutuba study (SUbtle TUBal Abnormalities) • 17 Centres: France: Clamart, Bordeaux, Lyon, Rouen, Strasbourg China: Beijing, Hong Kong Belgium: Liège, Leuven Italy: Roma, Trieste Hungary: Debrecen Austria: Wien UK: London Algeria: Algiers Russia: Krasnodar Romania: Iasi Main objective: importance of subtle tubal lesions in fertility • Phase 1: observational study on the Fallopian Tube “real anatomy” • Phase 2: Prospective multicentric randomized study, comparing treatment vs no treatment of such abnormalities on fertility results DIAGNOSIS OF TUBAL FUNCTION Adequate ciliary motion and muscular activity are required for sperm–oocyte interaction and transport of the embryo to the uterine cavity for implantation Radionuclide Hysterosalpingography Tubal function is implied by observing the transport of labelled particles from the vagina through the uterus and tubes, but these tests have not been adopted in clinical practice (Templeton and Mortimer, 1982; Wildt et al., 1998) 34 PRECONGRESS COURSE 09 I VIENNA, AUSTRIA – 23 JUNE 2019 37
