The major aim of this study was to extensively assess and evaluate the usefulness of various imaging modalities in the diagnosis and its role in management of causes of infertility. The imaging modalities assessed in this study are Pelvic sonography, hysterosalphingography, Sonohysterosalphingography, MR imaging. This study also aims at assessing the incidence of various causes of female Infertility in Surat, Gujarat, India.

Methods

This study was conducted with study sample of 100 female patients with complaints of infertility. They were assessed by hysterosalpingography, transvaginal and pelvic sonography and MRI

Results

There were 14 patients with tubal pathology, 22 patients with uteirne pathology, 36 patients with ovarian pathology diagnosed by gold standard hysteroscopy and laparoscopy. HSG diagnosed 11 patients with tubal pathology and 19 patients with uterine pathology. TVUSG was able to identify 9 patients with tubal pathology, 19 patients with uterine pathology and 30 patients with ovarian pathology. MRI diagnosed all the cases which were diagnosed by hysteroscopy

Conclusion

MR imaging is nearly accurate as hysteroscopy in identifying pathologies of female genital tract. TVUSG has shown promising results in diagnosing tubal, uterine and ovarian pathologies. HSG has shown near accurate level in diagnosing tubal diseases