V. Gowri Assistant Professor and Head of Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O Box 35, Al-Khoud 123. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. A 27-year-old female presented with severe dysmenorrhea and primary infertility. She had past history of post-traumatic splenectomy but was otherwise healthy. Her pelvic ultrasound was normal. She had a diagnostic hysterosco...

conclusions in our patients, the ra grafts had an acceptable patency rate in 2 to 5 years’ follow-up. although the sv grafts had a relatively higher patency rate than ra grafts in our asymptomatic patients, the patency rates in ra and sv grafts were close to each other. the ra graft function was poor in the patients with a higher number of risk factors and in the females. background patency of ...

Background: Hysterosalpingography is a specialized radiological procedure that is used to assess tubal patency for female factor infertility evaluation. Patients who come for this procedure are understood to have anxiety. Aim: To determine the levels of patient anxiety that will be necessary for pre-counselling before exposure to hysterosalpingography. To examine the significant difference betw...

INTRODUCIION THE FALLOPIAN TUBES were first visualised radiologically as far back as 1909 by Nemenow and by Rindfleisch (quoted from Gillespie, 1965). The use of an iodized oil as a contrast medium was reported by Sicard and Forrestier in 1922. In 1926 Beclere in France, and Rubin and Bendick in the United States were the first investigators to report the use of lipiodol for the determination o...

background: reversal of tubal ligation is requested by some women for various reasons. the present study aims to determine the rate of pregnancy after tubal ligation reversal. case: in these case series, we reported fifteen women who requested tuboplasty after tubal ligation. in these cases reversal of tubal ligation was done in 15 women. pregnancy occurred in 4 women (26.6%). two term pregnanc...

Purpose: To assess the sterilization effectiveness on uterine tube of rabbit by the cyanoacrylate adhesive. Methods: Hysteroscopy tubal catheterization was performed randomly in 12 animals (24 uterine tubes) assigned to the sham group (GS) and 15 animals (30 uterine tubes) to the n-butyl-cyanoacrylate (GB). The female rabbits were observed during 30, 90 and 180 days and mated to fertile males. ...

To compared the consistency regarding tubal patency diagnosis among delayed films at 4h, 6h and 24h after hysterosalpingography (HSG) with ethiodized poppy-seed oil, so as to explore effect of shortening retardation image on diagnosis. This study retrospectively enrolled 29 spontaneous menstrual, HSG indication qualified females, who underwent oil for assessment. During operation, plain film, u...