HSG
Uses
- You’ll lie on a table, with your knees bent and legs open, as if you were having a pelvic exam. The machine taking the x-ray (fluoroscopy machine) will be positioned above the table.
- Your provider will insert a tool called a speculum into your vagina that will widen it, allowing your provider to access your cervix.
- Your provider will clean your cervix and insert a small catheter in the cervical canal and into your uterus. The catheter may be a thin plastic tube called a cannula.
- Your provider may use a thin plastic tube with a balloon at the end. The balloon inflates once it’s inside your body to hold the tube in place for the dye injection.
- Your provider will remove the speculum, and you will then be asked to straighten your legs flat on the table.
- Your provider will slowly pump the dye solution into your uterus while the radiology technician operates the fluoroscopy machine over your pelvic area.
- You may feel cramping at this point. If your fallopian tubes are blocked, they may slightly stretch from the pressure.
- Your provider may place you in different positions to assess how the solution moves through your fallopian tubes.
- If your fallopian tubes are open, the dye should spill out and be seen to spread close to your bowel (it will then get absorbed by your body without consequences). If they are blocked, the dye won’t spill out.
Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is a specialized radiographic procedure used to examine a woman’s uterus and fallopian tubes. This test is commonly performed to investigate the causes of infertility, recurrent miscarriages, or abnormal uterine bleeding. During the procedure, a contrast dye is injected into the uterine cavity through the cervix, and X-ray images are taken to visualize the flow of the dye through the uterus and fallopian tubes. This allows doctors to identify blockages, abnormalities in the shape of the uterus, or issues with the fallopian tubes that may impede conception.
At Laxmi Mohan Diagnostic, a leading healthcare institution known for its advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services, the Department of Radiology offers state-of-the-art HSG testing.
