title: Color Doppler hysterosalpingography in the diagnosis of tubal patency.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess tubal patency by color Doppler hysterosalpingography (HSG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Comparative study of color Doppler HSG with roentgenogram HSG and chromolaparoscopy in infertile women of childbearing age.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty female patients (22 to 39 years) with long-lasting infertility problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sterile saline was transcervically injected into the uterine cavity through a catheter and color Doppler HSG was performed. All the patients were submitted to roentgenogram HSG and chromolaparoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The diagnostic efficacy of color Doppler HSG and its concordance with "gold standard" chromolaparoscopy were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlation between color Doppler HSG and roentgenogram HSG with chromolaparoscopy occurred in 86% versus 93% of all women studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Color Doppler HSG with its accuracy and safety results a promising alternative technique to roentgenogram HSG in diagnosing tubal status in infertile patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, University School of Medicine of Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Battaglia
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Artini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Ambrogio
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Genazzani
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Genazzani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volpe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color