Hysterosalpingographic findings in infertile women: A seven year review

Abstract

HSG is helpful in the investigation of infertile women.

Tubal abnormalities on hysterosalphingography in primary and secondary infertility in Sokoto, Northwestern-Nigeria

“…In this study it is discovered that the incidence of Secondary infertility was higher than the incidence of primary infertility this is similar to fi ndings of others in the sub-region, 5,[9][10][11] However it differs from reports from some other studies where primary infertility was most common. [12][13][14] Tubal pathology was the largest abnormality observed in our study; of the 317 patients reviewed 112 (35.33%) showed fi ndings in the fallopian tubes: Right tubal block was more preponderant over the left tubal block, this fi ndings agrees with what was reported by Adetiloye,15 but is in contrast to fi ndings elsewhere where bilateral tubal block constituted the largest.…”

“…4 It is however avoided in the second half of the cycle because of fear of irradiating an ongoing pregnancy and because the thickened secretory endometrium increases the risk of venous intravasation which makes proper assessment of the fallopian tubes diffi cult. 8,9 The Figure 3 above shows a normal HSG examination of one of our study participant while Figure 4 and 5 shows HSG images of some patients with tubal abnormalities.…”

Hysterosalpingography findings among women presenting for gynecological imaging in Ado-Ekiti, South western Nigeria

“…Majority of the women presented with secondary infertility which is similar to findings obtained from other studies done in Nigeria. 1,3,[9][10][11][12][13] On the contrary a researcher in Thailand reported predominance of primary infertility in their study population.…”

Common Hysterosalpingography Protocols and Findings among Infertile Women in a Tertiary Healthcare Institution in Northeast, Nigeria

“…This makes them unable to properly sanitize their genitalia which often make them prone to infections. On the other hand, studies conducted by Bukar et al, [23] and Njoku et al, [15] showed that the commonest abnormal HSG findings were pelvic adhesion and fibroid respectively.…”