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Hysterosalpingo‐Foam Sonography for the Diagnosis of Tubal Occlusion
Author(s) -
Melcer Yaakov,
Zilberman Sharon Nataly,
Nimrodi Maya,
PekarZlotin Marina,
Gat Itai,
Maymon Ron
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15607
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , occlusion , diagnostic odds ratio , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , meta analysis , radiology , gynecology , surgery
This systematic review and meta‐analysis evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of hysterosalpingo‐foam sonography in suspected cases of tubal occlusion. The combined sensitivity and specificity estimates were 0.99 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.89–0.99) and 0.91 (95% CI, 0.53–0.98), respectively, with positive and negative likelihood ratios of 11.5 (95% CI, 1.5–87.5) and 0.006 (95% CI, 0.0003–0.12), respectively. The diagnostic odds ratio was 1931.008 (95% CI, 69.7–53,460.8). These findings confirm hysterosalpingo‐foam sonography as a highly accurate test for the diagnosis of tubal occlusion and show that it is on a par with standard tests.