title: The use of a new gel foam for the evaluation of tubal patency.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility and the reliability of hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) using gel foam in the assessment of tubal patency.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nonrandomized, observational, academic and single-center study of 20 women being investigated because of subfertility and scheduled for a laparoscopy with chromopertubation. A detailed description of HyFoSy with a newly developed gel foam is given in the way it proved to be most efficient in our hands. The results of HyFoSy are compared to the data regarding tubal patency testing during laparoscopy by chromopertubation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 20 HyFoSy were technically successful. Four of the 40 tubes, 1 right tube and 3 left tubes, were not patent at HyFoSy (3 tubes with proximal block and 1 tube with distal block). There was a 100% agreement between tubal patency data according to HyFoSy testing and laparoscopic chromopertubation testing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HyFoSy is both feasible and accurate in the diagnosis of tubal patency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Dominique.vanschoubroeck@uzleuven.be
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Schoubroeck
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van den Bosch
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meuleman
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomassetti
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: D'Hooghe
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Timmerman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography / Q000379:methods*; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005782:Gels