Imaging plays a key role in the diagnostic evaluation of women for infertility. The pelvic causes of female infertility are varied and range from tubal and peritubal abnormalities to uterine, cervical, and ovarian disorders. In most cases, the imaging work-up begins with hysterosalpingography to evaluate fallopian tube patency. Uterine filling defects and contour abnormalities may be discovered...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: It is important to emphasize on the unusual radiological features of inadvertently performed HSG during pregnancy to alert radiologists and gynecologists reporting HSG. Copyright © 2014, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Iranian Society of Radiology; Published by Kowsar Corp. This is an open-access article distributed un...

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...

with Hypaque was performed before the expected date of ovulation, and laparoscopy before menstruation.' All but one of the laparoscopies were performed under local anaesthesia2 with about 30 ml aqueous methylene blue injected under low pressure into the uterine cavity. On laparoscopy the dye could be seen traversing patent tubes and spilling into the pouch of Douglas. Bilateral tubal patency wa...

Essure is a permanent birth control device that is inserted through the cervix by hysteroscopy. The device is placed in the fallopian tubes, where it causes occlusion by stimulating fibrosis. Patients can be followed up with plain-film X-rays, hysterosalpingography, and ultrasonography, although the devices can also be identified incidentally on CT and MRI. The follow-up of Essure is based on c...

INTRODUCTION Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is still a commonly used investigation in the evaluation of the female genital tract and the main indication for HSG is infertility. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to find the pathology detected at HSG in patients with infertility in our setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of 289 consecutive patients who underwent hysterosa...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical value of the fluid bolus contrast flow meter during hysterosalpingography. Hysterosalpingography information of 342 cases, which included a manual handset group of 213 cases and a bolus instrument group of 129 cases were reviewed. Comparative analysis was used to compare the two groups in order to assess the clinical adverse reactions, c...

context correct timing of diagnostic laparoscopy for unexplained infertility management remains as a debate for clinicians. a cost-effective strategy of diagnostic laparoscopy utilization for unexplained infertile patients is much needed. evidence acquisition detailed evaluation of the articles extracted from a “pubmed” and “cochrane database” search using “unexplained infertility and diagnosti...