OBJECTIVE: 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. METHOD: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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.
OBJECTIVE: 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. METHOD: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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.
Authors: Janine G Smit; Jenneke C Kasius; Marinus J C Eijkemans; Carolien A M Koks; Ron Van Golde; Jurjen G E Oosterhuis; Annemiek W Nap; Gabrielle J Scheffer; Petra A P Manger; Annemiek Hoek; Mesrure Kaplan; Dick B C Schoot; Arne M van Heusden; Walter K H Kuchenbecker; Denise A M Perquin; Kathrin Fleischer; Eugenie M Kaaijk; Alexander Sluijmer; Jaap Friederich; Joop S E Laven; Marcel van Hooff; Leonie A Louwe; Janet Kwee; Jantien J Boomgaard; Corry H de Koning; Ineke C A H Janssen; Femke Mol; Ben W J Mol; Helen L Torrance; Frank J M Broekmans Journal: BMC Womens Health Date: 2012-08-08 Impact factor: 2.809