The Advances in the Etiology and Therapy of Intrauterine Adhesions

CHEN Can-ming; WANG Yi-fang; GU Xiao-yan; REN Wei-juan

Abstract：Intrauterine adhesions is an important factor affecting the fertility of women. With the development of medicine, more and more risk factors were identified by epidemiological investigation and clinical observation research, including curettage after pregnancy, cesarean section, trophoblastic disease evacuation, Müllerian dut malformation, genital tuberculosis infection, diagnostic curettage, abdominal myomectomy, uterine artery embolization, hysteroscopic surgery, insertion of intrauterine device(IUD) and uterine compressive sutures for post-partum hemorrhage,etc. It can provide a useful method to prevent and cure intrauterine adhesions. The treatment strategy of intrauterine adhesions could be summarized in four main steps scientists. In order to find the best treatment strategy for intrauterine adhesions, scientists researched the following four respects:surgical treatment;re-adhesion prevention;restoring normal endometrium and post-operative assessment. The case report, using stem cells transplantation technique followed by conception in a patient of severe Asherman's syndrome,which opens up a new way for the treatment of intrauterine adhesions.