title: Hysterosalpingography in infertility investigation protocol: is it still useful?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the radiological findings of women undergoing hysterosalpingography (HSG) as initial infertility investigation protocol.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study on infertile women who underwent HSG at Institute of Radiology of Sassari University, Italy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The present case series included 2,845 HSG, performed from January 1997 to March 2014. The age of the patients ranged from 20 to 48 years. The negative exams (tubal patency) were 2,039 out of 2,845 (71.67%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A technique of diagnostic imaging for the evaluation of infertility should be non-invasive, not expensive, rapid, of simple execution, and also be able to provide information on tubal patency and pelvic diseases. For these reasons, HSG today remains a useful diagnostic investigation tool in the diagnostic work-up of infertile patients.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capobianco
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crivelli
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piredda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maiore
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cherchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dessole
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Virdis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dessole
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Meloni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007558:Italy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies