[The role of transvaginal sonosalpingography in the evaluation of tubal patency]. 1996

E Volpi, and M Piermatteo, and G Zuccaro, and F Baisi, and P Sismondi
Istituto di Ginecologia Oncologica, Università degli Studi, Torino.

The aim of this work was to evaluate transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the study of tubal patency as part of the investigation of female infertility. Fifteen women underwent tubal patency by ultrasonography while air and saline solution were instilled into the uterus to provide positive contrast. In three cases of TVS detection of tubal obstruction the findings were compared with hysterosalpingography, which confirmed the presence of the occlusion. In one case the exam was suspended for the excessive pelvic pain of the patient. In one patient TVS tubal control was impossible for the presence of large multiple uterine myomas. Transvaginal sonography with the use of a simultaneous intrauterine saline infusion offers certain advantages over hysterosalpingography, such as the elimination of iodinated contrast and ionizing radiation. TVS provides complete examination of the entire pelvis, thus delineating uterine and ovarian abnormalities, and it is more convenient and less expensive. It should be performed by an experience sonographist with standard sonographic equipment. In conclusion, tubal patency can be performed as an outpatient procedure in the routine infertility clinic.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007047 Hysterosalpingography Radiography of the uterus and fallopian tubes after the injection of a contrast medium. Salpingography,Hysterosalpingographies,Salpingographies
D007247 Infertility, Female Diminished or absent ability of a female to achieve conception. Sterility, Female,Sterility, Postpartum,Sub-Fertility, Female,Subfertility, Female,Female Infertility,Female Sterility,Female Sub-Fertility,Female Subfertility,Postpartum Sterility,Sub Fertility, Female
D005186 Fallopian Tube Patency Tests Methods for assessing the patency of the fallopian tubes. Fallopian Tube Patency Test,Patency Tests, Fallopian Tube
D005187 Fallopian Tubes A pair of highly specialized canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM transport from the ovaries and they are the site of the ovum's final maturation and FERTILIZATION. The fallopian tube consists of an interstitium, an isthmus, an ampulla, an infundibulum, and fimbriae. Its wall consists of three layers: serous, muscular, and an internal mucosal layer lined with both ciliated and secretory cells. Oviducts, Mammalian,Salpinges, Uterine,Salpinx, Uterine,Uterine Salpinges,Uterine Salpinx,Fallopian Tube,Uterine Tubes,Mammalian Oviduct,Mammalian Oviducts,Oviduct, Mammalian,Tube, Fallopian,Tube, Uterine,Tubes, Fallopian,Tubes, Uterine,Uterine Tube
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014463 Ultrasonography The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz. Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D014621 Vagina The genital canal in the female, extending from the UTERUS to the VULVA. (Stedman, 25th ed) Vaginas
D017699 Pelvic Pain Pain in the pelvic region of genital and non-genital origin. Pain, Pelvic,Pains, Pelvic,Pelvic Pains

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