Table 1 Asherman syndrome: summary of risk factors
From: The management of Asherman syndrome: a review of literature
Risk factors | Frequency | References |
|---|---|---|
Miscarriage curettage | 66.7% (1237/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Postpartum curettage | 21.5% (400/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Caesarean section | 2% (38/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Trophoblastic disease evacuation | 0.6% (11/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Mullerian duct malformation | 16% (7/43) | Stillman and Asarkof 1985 [11] |
Infection (Genital tuberculosis) | 4% (74/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Diagnostic curettage | 1.6% (30/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Abdominal myomectomy | 1.3% (24/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Uterine artery embolization | 14 (7/51) | Mara et al. 2007 [12] |
Hysteroscopic surgery: | ||
 • metroplasty | 6% (1/15) | Taskin et al. 2000 [13] |
 • myomectomy (single myoma) | 31.3% (10/32) | Taskin et al. 2000 [13] |
 • myomectomy (multiple myomas) | 45.5% (9/20) | Taskin et al. 2000 [13] |
 • endometrial ablation | 36.4% (8/22) | Leung et al. 2003 [14] |
Insertion of IUD | 0.2% (3/1856) | Schenker and Margalioth 1982 [5] |
Uterine compressive sutures for post-partum haemorrhage | 18.5% (5/27) | Ibrahim et al. 2013 [15] |