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- Title
A comparison of hysteroscopy and hysterosalpingography.
- Authors
Gaglione, R.; Valentini, A.L.; Pistilli, E.; Nuzzi, N.P.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic reliability of hysteroscopy (HSC) and hysterosalpingography (HSG) in patients suffering from primary and secondary infertility.<bold>Method: </bold>Seventy women (50 with primary and 20 with secondary infertility) undergoing HSC and HSG were prospectively studied and the diagnostic capacity of the two techniques was compared.<bold>Results: </bold>HSG proved to have a sensitivity of 79.1% and a specificity of 81.8%, with an 18.1% false-positive rate and a 18.9% false-negative rate.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>HSG is of exclusive importance in the assessment of tubal morphology and function and has a secondary and complementary role to HSC in the inspection of the uterine cavity and tubal ostia.
- Subjects
FALLOPIAN tube diseases; DIAGNOSIS of uterine diseases; COMPARATIVE studies; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; RESEARCH evaluation; EVALUATION research; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1996, Vol 52, Issue 2, p151
- ISSN
0020-7292
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/0020-7292(95)02555-3