CT evaluation of craniocervical junction

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of CT in diagnosing craniocervical junction pathologies. Six consecutive patients who presented with symptoms related to craniocervical junction were evaluated by CT. Two of the patients had history to trauma, two had congenital problems with cervical spine, one had tuberculosis and one had craniocervical junction tumor. CT was found to be extremely helpful in all the cases with superior definition of bone detail when compared to plain films or MRI.

Comparative study of sonohysterosalpingography, hysterosalpingography and chromolaparoscopy

This study was carried out to evaluate the endovaginal sonongraphic hysterosalpingography [SHSCG] as a preliminary test of tubal patency in investigation of infertility and to compare this new technique with conventional hysterosalpingographv [HSG] / Chromolaparoscopv. In this study, 25 patients with history of infertility from the Radiology Department of Lady Wellington Hospital Lahore [an affiliated Hospital to King Edward Medical College, Lahore], were included. The test was performed by injecting isotonic saline into the uterine cavity through a catheter. While comparing the results of SHSG with HSG / Chromolaparoscopy, there was a complete agreement in 23 patients [92%] and partial agreement in 2 patients [8%], having unilateral tubal block. It is concluded that, this is an out door procedure, simple, safe, accurate and cost effective. It is an excellent technique both for screening and diagnostic purposes for the assessment of uterine cavity and fallopian tubes in infertility investigations. Its use will reduce the need for HSG and in some patients Chromolaparoscopy