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Method: A total of 52 patients with chronic endometritis (CE group) who underwent laparoscopy and hysteroscopic surgery were recruited between July 2020 and December 2021. A total of 38 patients without chronic endometritis (non-CE group) were included as a control. Patients with endometriosis and intra-uterine abnormalities were excluded. Endometrial samples were collected during surgery for CD138 immunohistochemistry staining for the diagnosis of CE. Preoperative information (including age, reproductive health characteristics, previous medical and surgical history), intra-operative information (including the patency of the fallopian tube, the presence of hydrosalpinx, score and the grade of tubal lesion condition) and post-operative information (counts of CD138-positive HPF in the endometrial specimen) were collected. Result: A multivariate analysis revealed that tubal factors with unilateral or bilateral occlusion were significantly higher in the CE group (OR 3.066, 95% CI 1.020\u20139.213, p = 0.046). The bilateral occlusion of fallopian tubes (OR 8.785, 95% CI 1.408\u201354.818, p = 0.020) rather than unilateral occlusion (OR 2.860, 95% CI 0.893\u20139.162, p = 0.077) was significantly associated with chronic endometritis. The presence of a hydrosalpinx on one side (OR 7.842, 95% CI 1.279\u201348.086, p = 0.026) or both sides (OR 9.450, 95% CI 1.037\u201386.148, p = 0.046) was significantly associated with chronic endometritis. The comparison of CD138-positive HPF counts among the tubal occlusion patients without hydrosalpinx, patients with unilateral hydrosalpinx and patients with bilateral hydrosalpinx were as follows: 1 HPF (50.00% vs. 12.50% vs. 11.11%, p = 0.051), 2 HPF (38.89% vs. 25.00% vs. 22.22%, p = 0.615), \u22653 HPF (11.11% vs. 62.50% vs. 66.67%, p = 0.005). The stage of tubal condition was positively correlated with CD138-positive HPF counts in women with chronic endometritis (r = 0.460, p = 0.001). Conclusion: CE was closely related to the blockage of fallopian tubes and hydrosalpinx. The severity degree of the fallopian lesion condition was associated with inflammation of the endometrium.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12010285","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,30]],"date-time":"2022-12-30T03:18:18Z","timestamp":1672370298000},"page":"285","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["The Correlation between Chronic Endometritis and Tubal-Factor Infertility"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yujie","family":"Zou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saijiao","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Ming","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gynecology Department, Third Hospital of Wuhan City, Wuhan 430060, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peng","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinjing","family":"Zou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1000","DOI":"10.5858\/2004-128-1000-RSIAIT","article-title":"Routine syndecan-1 immunohistochemistry aids in the diagnosis of chronic endometritis","volume":"128","author":"Nickell","year":"2004","journal-title":"Arch. 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