DOI: 10.56367/oag-052-12641 ISSN: 2516-3817

Intrauterine adhesions: Clinical challenges, management, and fertility outcomes

Angelo Hooker

Intrauterine adhesions: Clinical challenges, management, and fertility outcomes

Angelo Hooker, MD, PhD, focuses here on intrauterine adhesions, discussing clinical challenges, management strategies, and fertility outcomes. Intrauterine adhesions (IUAs), also known as Asherman syndrome, are a major cause of secondary infertility worldwide and impose a substantial health and economic burden. (1-3) IUAs most commonly arise after surgical injury to the endometrium. (4) During healing, opposing uterine surfaces may adhere, causing partial to complete obliteration of the uterine cavity and/or cervical canal. (5)

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