scholarly journals P126: Comparison of saline infusion sonography with diagnostic hysteroscopy for the evaluation of the uterine cavity in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. 105-105
Author(s):  
M Kamel
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar Tangri ◽  
Ajay Krishna Srivastava

Background: In patients with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), differentiating whether the cause is anovulation or anatomic lesions can be challenging. Transvaginal sonography (TVS) has limitation in form of high false negative rate for diagnosing focal intrauterine pathology. To improve the image in TVS, saline injected into uterine cavity can be used as a negative contrast agent. Aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical value of saline infusion sonography (SIS) by comparing its diagnostic accuracy with that of established gold standard i.e. hysteroscopy.Methods: The study was carried out in a referral and teaching public sector hospital in eastern India from July 2015 to June 2016. Study population consisted of 136 premenopausal women with AUB, who were scheduled to undergo diagnostic hysteroscopy. Patients were first evaluated by sis and then followed by hysteroscopy on a later date.Results: Both SIS and hysteroscopy could be successfully performed in 136 out of 144 patients. When all findings by SIS (any pathological findings in uterine cavity vs. none) were combined and compared with hysteroscopy (gold standard), both sensitivity and specificity of sis were 0.88 whereas PPV and NPV were 0.85 and 0.90 respectively.Conclusions: Because of comparable results obtained by evaluating patients by SIS as well as office hysteroscopy, we recommend saline infusion sonography as a valuable tool for evaluating premenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding, before consideration for hysteroscopy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Humaira Zafar ◽  
Mubashra Naz ◽  
Umber Fatima

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of saline infusion hysterosonography for detection of uterine cavity abnormalities using Hysteroscopy as the gold standard. Study Design: Analytical Quasi Experimental study. Setting: Obstetric and Gynaecology Department Madina Teaching Hospital Faisalabad. Period: July 2017 to December 2017. Materials and Methods: Sixty patients presented with abnormal uterine bleeding were included in the study. Transvaginal ultrasound, SIS and hysteroscopy performed for evaluation of the uterine cavity for any abnormality. Results: SIS helped in detection of intacavitary abnormalities in 39 out of 60 patients indicating sensitivity of 88. 64 % and specificity of 100 % as hysteroscopy confirm the findings in all the patients. The NPV is 76 % and PPV of 100 % taking hysteroscopy as gold standard. The diagnostic accuracy of saline infusion sonography is 91%. Conclusion: The addition of SIS to TVS significantly improved the sensitivity and specificity for detecting intracavitary pathology. It can be used as an alternative procedure whenever hysteroscopy is not available.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Gabriela Dimitriu ◽  
Ibrahim A. Abdelazim ◽  
Shikanova Svetlana ◽  
Gulmira Zhurabekova ◽  
Rami S. Alrbeihat ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 682-687
Author(s):  
Seema Pandey ◽  
Mamta Kumari ◽  
Amrita Chaurasia ◽  
Gyan Prakash

BACKGROUND Abnormal uterine bleeding is an important cause of morbidity in the female population, which can be attributed to several reasons. Trans-vaginal sonography and saline-infusion sonography are the mainstay of diagnosis and govern the further management of this condition. This study was conducted to evaluate the thickness and pattern of endometrium with transvaginal sonography and determine any abnormality in the uterine cavity which can be attributed to saline infusion sonography (SIS) in cases of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). METHODS The study was conducted among 122 women with complaints of abnormal uterine bleeding attending Outpatient Department and indoor cases of a tertiary care hospital over a period of twelve months. RESULTS The most common presenting complaint was heavy menstrual bleeding in 27.04 % cases. Maximum (44.26 %) cases had normal finding on transvaginal sonography; most common pathological finding was leiomyoma (22.31 %), and endometrial hyperplasia (15.5 %). More than one third (37.7 %) of patients had no abnormalities on saline infusion sonography; while 62.3 % had one or more pathologies; the most common lesion was fibroid in 25.4 % cases. Normal proliferative and secretary endometrium was found on histopathological examination in 50 % cases, while remaining half cases had one or more pathology, most common pathology detected was endometrial hyperplasia in 25.4 % cases. On trans-vaginal sonography (TVS), 11 cases of endometrial polyp were missed, which were detected after infusion of saline and confirmed by histopathological examination. The diagnostic indices of SIS were superior to TVS in diagnosis of any pathology. Sensitivity of TVS was 86.94 % and SIS was 91.94 %. Specificity of TVS (75.41 %) was greater than SIS (68.33 %). CONCLUSIONS TVS and SIS scanning techniques play a very important role in endometrial disorders in woman with AUB. KEYWORDS SIS, Transvaginal, AUB, Endometrium


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