title: [Features of hysterosalpingography performed in Burkina Faso].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The goal of this study was to describe the distinctive hysterosalpingographic features of women with infertility in Burkina Faso.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective study of 1019 women who were referred for infertility between January 1996 to June 1997 at the National Hospital Centre of Ouagadougou. Clinical and radiological features were reviewed and statistical data analysed on the software EPI Info 5.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patients was 28+/-0,3 years. Primary infertility was found in 34.4% and secondary infertility in 65.6%. Abnormalities on plain film were present in 6.9% of the cases. Hysterosalpingography was abnormal in 62.1% of the cases. Tubal abnormalities were found in 62% and uterine lesions in 38.3%. The main hysterosalpingographic abnormalities were tubal obstructions, hydrosalpinx, uterine fibromas, and trauma sequelae in 25,9%, 25,3%, 16,5% and 10% of cases respectively. Seventy one percent of tubal and uterine lesions represent outcomes of chronic infections and underground abortions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Burkina Faso, hysterosalpingographic abnormalities are characterized by the predominance of infectious and traumatic sequelae. Such a frequency could be reduced by active politics against underground abortion and information about genital infections.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiologie et d'imagerie médicale, Faso, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cissé
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lougué
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ouédraogo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thiéba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tapsoba
authors.forename: C M R
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ouédraogo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ouattara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lankoandé
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koné
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002050:Burkina Faso; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography / Q000379:methods*; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies