title: Comparison of hysterosalpingography and transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy in patients with tubal factor infertility: a prospective cohort study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the usefulness, diagnostic accuracy, and cost-effectiveness of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) in infertile women with abnormal hysterosalpingogram (HSG) results without obvious pelvic pathology.
  
  
  METHODS
  THIRTY INFERTILE WOMEN (AGE: 20-40 years) who had tubal pathology in HSG were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent THL instead of standard laparoscopy. A cost analysis was performed comparing HSG and THL methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In comparison of the HSG of cases by considering the chromopertubation results by THL, the sensitivity and specificity of HSG were 85.1% and 56%, respectively. The reasons for preferring standard laparoscopy rather than THL were: failure in accessing of Douglas (n = 3), insufficient monitoring of pelvis (n = 1), hydrosalpinx (n = 1), and intense peritubal adhesion (n = 1), which were 10%, 3%, 3%, and 3%, respectively. The complication rate was 3.8%. Cost analysis of the procedures showed that the total cost of the THL group was 34.8% lower than the HSG group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the elective patients group, THL is more feasible than HSG. Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy is effective, simple and safe, avoiding the cost, possible complications, time and postoperative patient discomfort compared to conventional laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MH Aegean Maternity, Teaching and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balsak
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, MH Aegean Maternity, Teaching and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uysal
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MH Aegean Maternity, Teaching and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadık
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MH Aegean Maternity, Teaching and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MH Aegean Maternity, Teaching and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sivekar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tınar
authors.affiliation: Akdeniz University, IVF Center, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Taşkın
keywords: cost-effectiveness analysis; hysterosalpingography; infertility; laparoscopy; transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy
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