Open AccessRole of saline infusion sonohysterography in infertility evaluation
Author(s) -
Vinita Singh,
Byasdev Mishra,
Snehil Sinha,
Sarita Agrawal,
Preeti Thakur
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of human reproductive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-1208
pISSN - 1998-4766
DOI - 10.4103/jhrs.jhrs_47_18
Subject(s) - infertility , unexplained infertility , saline , medicine , gynecology , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Etiology of infertility is multifactorial, and fallopian tube abnormality being one of the most important causes accounts for up to 40% of female subfertility if not less and is further increasing. Saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) procedure is gaining popularity and is being widely practiced and accepted as a screening tool in assessing tubal patency in infertile patients attending infertility clinic and has become popular as a routine test for the evaluation of the uterine cavity in the investigation of infertility and abnormal uterine bleeding.