US-guided fallopian tube catheterization

Radiology. 1991 Aug;180(2):571-2. doi: 10.1148/radiology.180.2.2068330.

Abstract

Ultrasound-guided fallopian tube catheterization was performed in seven women a total of 14 times. The women had normal-appearing fallopian tubes at hysterosalpingography and received sperm via the catheter as a way to overcome their inability to conceive. Techniques similar to those used for fluoroscopically guided fallopian tube catheterization were used. Forty-three percent of fallopian tubes were successfully catheterized.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Catheterization / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Fallopian Tubes / diagnostic imaging
  • Fallopian Tubes / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insemination, Artificial, Homologous / methods*
  • Radiology, Interventional
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography