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Hysterosalpingography versus laparoscopy in tubal infertility: comparison based on findings at laparatomy.

One hundred ten infertile women underwent hysterography (HSG) and laparoscopy at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. Both techniques showed normal tubal patency in 62 (56.4%) women and abnormal pelvic pathology in 48 (43.6%). All 48 women underwent laparotomy for tuboplasty. At laparotomy, HSG and laparoscopic assessments were compared. Both techniques were comparable in the diagnosis of intratubal and distal tubal occlusion. However, laparoscopy was superior in the diagnosis of non-tubal factors and proximal tubal occlusion (P less than 0.002). It is suggested that laparoscopy should be the first procedure in the investigation of tubal infertility and only followed by HSG if the results show some abnormality.

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The significance of preoperative hysterosalpingography and laparoscopy for predicting the pregnancy outcome in patients with a bilateral hydrosalpinx.

We analyzed the importance of 3 factors derived from the HSG (nature of the mucosal pattern, diameter of the hydrosalpinx, expandability of the ampulla) and of four factors from the findings at laparoscopy (extent of adhesions, nature of adhesions, thickness of tubal wall and diameter of the hydrosalpinx) for predicting the pregnancy outcome in 98 patients with bilateral hydrosalpinx. Each factor was categorized into 3 scores and each patient was scored for both the right and the left tube, resulting in 6 score-combinations. An association between the pregnancy prospects based on the score-combinations and the actual pregnancy outcome seemed to be present for all factors evaluated, except for the extent of adhesions and the diameter of the hydrosalpinx (laparoscopy). The results further indicate that a favourable score on the nature of mucosal pattern in one or both tubes concurs with good pregnancy prospects. In contrast, the presence of an unfavourable score for most of the other factors in at least one tube is associated with a poor fertility prognosis, regardless of the condition of the other tube.

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