Fertility and Sterility 2004-12-01

New observations on endometrial physiology after transcervical injection of methylene blue dye.

Guillermo Marconi, Martín Vilela, Ramiro Quintana, Marco Diradourián, Edgardo Young, Carlos Sueldo

Index: Fertil. Steril. 82(6) , 1700-4, (2004)

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Abstract

We describe the in vivo features of endometrium stained with methylene blue dye and observed via microhysteroscopy, showing the patterns of endometrial glands and superficial cell changes during the midproliferative, periovulatory, and midluteal phases. These preliminary observations have allowed us to identify a series of changes occurring in the different phases of the ovulatory cycle of potential value in reproductive medicine for specific groups of infertile patients.