Therapeutic value of hysterosalpingography with lipiodol ultra fluid

Hysterosalpingography (HSG) with lipiodol ultra fluid was performed in 294 infertile women with a normal ovulatory temperature curve and at least two years of infertility and a partner with normal sperm. In 21 per cent, pregnancy occurred within 6 months after the examination, and about one third of the women with a normal finding or with intraperitoneal adhesions at HSG conceived. The pregnancy rate was especially high in the first two cycles after HSG. The spontaneous pregnancy rate was 8 per cent, and the difference between this and the total number of pregnancies must be attributed to a therapeutic effect of the procedure. Previous pelvic inflammatory disease was present in 40 per cent of those who did not become pregnant, while only 11 per cent of those who conceived had previous inflammation. Of the women without previous gynecologic disease 30 per cent conceived.