Implantation capacity of endometry of veteran women, with contusion in anamnesis, with unrealized reproductive function

The objective: improving the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment of pathology and implantation ability of the endometrium in women of reproductive age who took part in hostilities and received concussions. Materials and methods. The study of endometrial pinopodia was carried out in 35 women of reproductive age who took part in hostilities and received concussions, who on the 21st day of the MC underwent operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy with endometrial sampling for histological examination and scanning electron microscopy. Of these women, 22 patients – a comparison group – of reproductive age with a history of trauma without post-concussion syndrome and 13 in the main group, women of reproductive age, have the consequences of contusion in the form of post-concussion syndrome. Served as control 10 samples of endometrium from civilian women of reproductive age. The average age of the surveyed was 27.08±4.23 years. The period of stay in the combat zone was 29.34±9.21 months, the time from the moment of receiving a slight traumatic brain injury (contusion) was 18.8±9.2 months. Results. In combatant-women with contusion in history, there are disturbances in the receptivity of the endometrium, manifested by abnormalities in the development of pinopodia and their microvilli during the implantation window: areas without pinopodia in 47.50% of cases (p<0.006), pinopodia of sizes – in 77.50% (p<0.01) and abundant microvilli – in 37.50% (p<0.02); a decrease in the frequency of the presence of developed pinopodia by 2.12 times (p<0.01), large pinopodia by 2.29 (p<0.01), and a small number of microvilli by 4.00 (p<0.0001), an increase in the occurrence of medium-sized pinopodia by 3.00 (p<0.02) times, and a moderate number of microvilli by 4.00 (p<0.0001). A characteristic feature of endometrial pinopodia in the above patients is the presence of mosaicism of their shape (65.00%) and size (67.50%). Conclusions. Women in the military who have been injured in combat are diagnosed with reproductive health problems caused by both the traumatic brain injury itself and the stressors associated with military service. Keywords: reproductive health, female veterans, post-contusion syndrome, receptive endometrial enlargement, office hysteroscopy.