title: Modification of the coaxial technique for selective salpingography with measurement of tubal perfusion pressures.
abstract: This article describes the use of the fallopotorque catheter system for transcervical selective salpingography and tubal catheterization under fluoroscopic guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of obstruction of the proximal Fallopian tube. The technique of tubal perfusion pressure assessment during the procedure, using the same catheter system, is also described. The relative advantages of this method of selective salpingography and tubal catheterization are then discussed in the background of previously described techniques.
authors.affiliation: The Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Metchley Park Road, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK.
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afnan
authors.forename: Josephine M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McHugo
authors.forename: Aravinthan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coomarasamy
authors.forename: Bolarinde
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ola
authors.forename: Khaldoun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharif
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005187:Fallopian Tubes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010477:Perfusion; D011312:Pressure