Plastic unification of a double uterus and the outcome of pregnancy.

Habitual abortion and premature delivery are occasionally associated with a bicornuate or septate type of uterus when the abnormality is severe. A considerable improvement of reproductive performance was seen in patients who underwent plastic operation of the uterus. The procedures introduced by Strassman, Jones and Tompkins were used. Although it is still difficult to compare the postoperative reproductive history of these three surgical procedures, the procedure used by Tompkins may be technically more simple and provides for an easier entrance into the endometrial cavities in order to incise the common lower uterine segment. Primary sterility still remains a controversial indication for metroplasty and the postoperative reproductive history for this is poor.