Hysterosalpingography Guide
- Summary
- Definition
- Considerations
- Other Names
- How the Test is Performed
- How the Test will Feel
- How to Prepare for the Test
- Normal Results
- Risks
- What Abnormal Results Mean
- Why the Test is Performed
Definition
Hysterosalpingography is an x-ray of the uterus and fallopian tubes that involves the injection of dye through the cervix.
Other Names
How the Test is Performed
The exam takes place in a radiology department using a table with an x-ray machine overhead. You will lie on the table and place your feet in stirrups, like a pelvic exam. A speculum is placed into the vagina , and the cervix is cleaned. A thin tube (catheter) is placed the cervix. Dye passes through this tube, filling the uterus and fallopian tubes. The dye makes the structures easier to see when the x-rays are taken.
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Encyclopedia: Hysterosalpingography
Hysterosalpingography is a radiologic procedure to investigate the shape of the uterine cavity and the shape and patency of the fallopian tubes. It entails the injection of a radio-opaque material into the cervical canal and usually fluoroscopy with image intensification. A normal result shows the filling of the uterine cavity and the bilateral filling of the fallopian tube with the injection material. To demonstrate tubal patency spillage of the material...
Question and Answer
has anybody had a hysterosalpingogram? i am due to have one soon and would...
It is a recording or a graph (picture) of your uterus and fallopian tubes and it is not painful.
Asked by pinklilyhun - 727 days ago
I am about to have an HSG next week and I was told that during...
I had an HSG in Sept '07. My doctor never mentioned anything to me about not having sex in the days leading up to the test or afterwards. A...
Asked by Dimitra K - 12 months ago
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CT Radiation dose chart
Hysterosalpingography 1 mSv 4 months Mammography 0.7 mSv 3 months For this procedure: Your effective radiation dose is: Comparable to natural background radiation...
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