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Refractory Endometrium and Hysteroscopy

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It is widely known that an adequate growth of the endometrium is indispensable for implantation and successful pregnancy. However, there is no clear agreement on what proper growth is. When reviewing the literature, it is accepted that an endometrial thickness of less than 7 mm would be considered as a refractory endometrium (or thin endometrium) and that would entail to altered pregnancy and live birth rates [1, 2]. It has been long tried to define the optimal characteristics of that “ideal” endometrium in which to transfer the best possible embryo. Investigators have sought to determine it using ultrasonography regarding its thickness and its pattern, but no explicit agreement has been established to date. Moreover, pregnancies and live births have been documented both with thinner and normal endometrium [3]. Therefore, because of the difficulties in defining diagnostic criteria, it is challenging to calculate its true prevalence, although some researchers estimate it around 2.42% (260/10724 women) [4].

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Ferro, J., Montoya, P. (2018). Refractory Endometrium and Hysteroscopy. In: Tinelli, A., Alonso Pacheco, L., Haimovich, S. (eds) Hysteroscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57559-9_26

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