What are the Fallopian tube patency tests?
Your fallopian tubes will be checked for blockage. The initial preference is to perform an X-ray examination called Hysterosalpingogram (HSG). This involves coming on day 7 or day 8 of your menstrual cycle. You will be brought to the X-ray department. A radio-opaque liquid will be flushed into your uterus and fallopian tubes. An X-ray is taken to show the liquid spilling out from your tubes. There will be some discomfort when you undergo this examination. Since ovulation induction treatment can help some couples get pregnant with minimal discomfort, and since the majority of X-ray examinations of fallopian tubes show no blockage, the initial preference is to try one cycle of ovulation induction before proceeding to HSG. Another way to assess whether your fallopian tubes are blocked is to perform an operation called video-laparoscopy and hydrotubation. This is an invasive procedure involving the insertion of instruments through the abdominal wall to see your uterus, ovaries and fallopia
Your fallopian tubes will be checked for blockages. The initial preference is to perform an X-ray examination called Hysterosalpingogram (HSG). This involves coming on day 7 or day 8 of your menstrual cycle. You will be brought to X-ray department. Are radio-opaque liquid will be flushed into your uterus and fallopian tubes. An X-ray is taken to show the liquid spilling out from your tubes. .Another way to assess whether your fallopian tubes are blocked is to perform an operation called video laparoscopy and hydrotubation. This is an invasive procedure involving the insertion of instruments through the abdominal wall to see your uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes. It will be performed painlessly under general anesthesia.Methylene blue is added to sterile water and flushed into the uterus and out through the tubes to test the blockage. A major advantage of this procedure is that various problems which may be the cause of your failure to conceive can also be corrected at the same time.
