title: [The demonstration of the patency of the uterine tubes with color-coded duplex sonography in combination with ultrasonic contrast media].
abstract: Tubal patency was studied in 17 sterile women by means of colour-coded duplex sonography (CCDS) with local injection of an ultrasonic contrast medium. The results were compared with a conventional hysterosalpingogram. CCDS demonstrated all the soft tissues and their mobility. The ultrasonic contrast medium was SH U 454 (Schering). The colour signals generated by the air bubbles makes it possible to demonstrate tubal patency on both sides. The combination of an ultrasonic contrast medium and CCDS provides a simple, rapid, accurate and safe method for demonstrating tubal patency. Tubal patency can be demonstrated in the presence of anatomical complications and requires only a small amount of contrast medium.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, FU Berlin, Klinikum Steglitz.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fobbe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hammerstein
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003116:Color; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011134:Polysaccharides; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D011134:Polysaccharides; C040642:SHU 454
vernacular_title: Nachweis der Durchgängigkeit der Tubae uterinae mit der farbkodierten Duplexsonographie in Kombination mit Ultraschallkontrastmittel.