Transvaginal sonohysterographic evaluation of intrauterine adhesions

✍ Scribed by Salle, Bruno; Gaucherand, Pascal; de Saint Hilaire, Pierre; Rudigoz, Rene Charles

• Book ID: 101227026
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 154 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199903/04)27:3<131::aid-jcu5>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

Purpose:

We assessed the role of preoperative sonohysterography in the diagnosis of intrauterine synechiae.

Methods:

Nineteen patients with a suspected diagnosis of intrauterine adhesion underwent hysterosalpingography, transvaginal sonography, and sonohysterography performed in the consultation room. the patients were then treated by hysteroscopy under laparoscopic or ultrasound guidance.

Results:

Transvaginal sonography showed an abnormal uterine cavity in only 10 cases. the sensitivities of sonohysterography and hysterosalpingography in the diagnosis of intrauterine adhesions were both 100%. sonohysterography showed complete correlation with hysterosalpingography.

Conclusions:

We recommend routine sonohysterography after transvaginal sonography in cases of suspected intrauterine synechiae.