BACKGROUND The aim of tubal testing is to identify women with bilateral tubal pathology in a timely manner, so they can be treated with IVF or tubal surgery. At present, it is unclear for which women early tubal testing is indicated, and in whom it can be deferred. METHODS Data on 3716 women who underwent tubal patency testing as a part of their routine fertility workup were used to relate el...

Infertility is a critical component of reproductive health. The tuboperitoneal factors are responsible in about 25-37% cases of female infertility and hence evaluation of tubal patency represents a key step and a basic investigation in the assessment of infertile women. To carry out diagnosis of tubal factors by HSG and diagnostic laparoscopy and observe efficacy and to compare the effectivenes...

Subfertility is a disease of the reproductive system and defined as the failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected sexual intercourse [1]. Subfertility is a distressing condition for couples who are trying to achieve pregnancy and childbirth. Approximately 15% of couples are affected with subfertility, of which up to 20% remain unexplained. Female factors are identified in abou...

Tubal pregnancy concerns 97% of all ectopic pregnancies. Treatment can be either surgical (salpingostomy or salpingectomy) or medical (methotrexate administration). We present a case of a pseudotubal pregnancy after methotrexate treatment of a previous ectopic pregnancy. A37-year-old woman was diagnosed with ectopic pregnancy in the left Fallopian tube. A year ago, she had an ectopic pregnancy ...

Aim and Objectives: To assess the value of Hysterosalpingography in evaluating uterine abnormalities tubal patency infertile patients to compare its results with established methods like hysterosalpingography for determination cases primary secondary infertility. Methods: In this study , trial 50 women complaining infertility ,suspected pathologies underwent various radiological modalities. was...

Hysteroscopic sterilisation with Essure requires confirmation of tubal occlusion by hysterosalpingogram or microinsert position by transvaginal sonography 3 months after placement before women can rely on the method for pregnancy prevention. A 39-year-old woman underwent hysteroscopic sterilisation via Essure, with successful bilateral tubal occlusion documented on hysterosalpingogram. She had ...

(Abstracted from Hum Reprod 2022;37:969–979) A main cause of female infertility is tubal pathology, with 11% to 30% cases resulting previous surgery, infections (such as sexually transmitted diseases), or endometriosis. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) considered the first choice for a patency test during fertility workup, but more patient-friendly hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography option has also...

BACKGROUND Conventional meta-analysis has estimated the sensitivity and specificity of hysterosalpingography (HSG) to be 65% and 83%. The impact of patient characteristics on the accuracy of HSG is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess by individual patient data meta-analysis whether the accuracy of HSG is associated with different patient characteristics. METHODS We approached authors...