Hysteroscopy versus hysterosalpingography in infertile patients.
The purpose of this study is to compare the results of Hysterosalpingography (HSG) and those of Hysteroscopy (H) in order to evaluate intrauterine morphology in a sample of 47 infertile patients. In the HSG sample having no intrauterine pathology, H showed up a pathological condition in 30% of the cases. Similarly, in the cases in which HSG showed pathologies, H gave normal results in 33.3%. Considering H to be a simple diagnostic method, which causes little trauma to the patient, and is more precise than HSG, the authors recommend the hysteroscopic approach, especially in cases of sterility of unknown origin.
D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*