Choice of diagnostic methods in tubal obstructive diseases / 中国实用妇科与产科杂志

ABSTRACT

This review introduces the tubal liquidinstillations,hysterosalpingography(HSG),two-di-mensional/three-dimensional and dynamic three-di-mensional(four-dimensional)hysterosalpingo-contrastsonography,MRI-HSG,tubal patency test by hyster-oscopy and hysteroscopy-laparoscopy.We comparesthe advantages and disadvantages of various kinds oftests,mainly the different characteristics of oil-basedor water-based contrast medium,and the high falsepositive rate of HSG diagnosis of proximal obstruction,etc,in order to enable the readers to choose suitabletubal evaluation methods according to the conditions oftheir unit.