Experience with diagnosis and treatment of sterility due to abnormality of the infundibulum of the Fallopian tube.

The diagnosis and treatment of sterility due to abnormalities of the infundibulum of the Fallopian tube are reviewed. Knowledge on the physiology of the distal part of the tube explains the mechanisms of sterility when a lesion occurs, although diagnosis is based mainly on hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy. The requisite treatments are either percoelioscopic or surgical, and techniques and results with these treatments are reviewed. Special attention is given to tubal stenosis as a consequence of embryonic cysts of the tube.