Radiography (see X-RAYS) of one or both FALLOPIAN TUBES after radio-opaque material has been injected into them via the UTERUS.
n. *radiography of one or both Fallopian tubes after a *radiopaque substance has been introduced into them via an injection into the uterus. Standardized selective salpingography enables occluded tubes, visualized by salpingography, to be restored to patency by means of tubal *catheterization.
n. inability in a woman to conceive or in a man to induce conception after regular unprotected sexual intercourse for two years. Female infertility may be due to failure to ovulate, to obstruction of the *Fallopian tubes, or to disease of the lining of the uterus (endometrium). Possible treatments (depending on the cause) include administration of drugs (such as *clomifene or *gonadorelin analogues), surgery (see salpingography; salpingostomy; salpingolysis) to restore patency of the Fallopian tubes, *gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), and *in vitro fertilization. Causes of male infertility include decreased numbers or motility of spermatozoa (see oligospermia) and total absence of sperm (see azoospermia). See also andrology; sterility.... infertility
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