title: A comparison of hysteroscopy and hysterosalpingography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic reliability of hysteroscopy (HSC) and hysterosalpingography (HSG) in patients suffering from primary and secondary infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy women (50 with primary and 20 with secondary infertility) undergoing HSC and HSG were prospectively studied and the diagnostic capacity of the two techniques was compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HSG proved to have a sensitivity of 79.1% and a specificity of 81.8%, with an 18.1% false-positive rate and a 18.9% false-negative rate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HSG is of exclusive importance in the assessment of tubal morphology and function and has a secondary and complementary role to HSC in the inspection of the uterine cavity and tubal ostia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaglione
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Valentini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pistilli
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Nuzzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis