Common Hysterosalpingography Protocols and Findings among Infertile Women in a Tertiary Healthcare Institution in Northeast, Nigeria

Objective: To evaluate the common HSG protocols and findings among infertile women in a Tertiary Healthcare Center in North eastern Nigeria.Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study involving 257 cases of infertile women who had HSG within a period of five years from 2010 to 2015.Patients' Radiology number, age, Indication and finding as well as the number and types of projections taken for each patient was documented on a data capture sheet.The data collected were first categorized into indications protocols and findings.The abnormal findings were then further grouped based on the anatomical site/organ involved before being analyzed.Descriptive statistics was employed for the data analysis using SPSS software version 16.Results: A total number of 257 patients with age ranging from 16-59 and mean age of 28 participated in this study.The age group range, 26-30 has the highest frequency in occurrence (26%, n=67).Out of the total patients, 138 (53.7%) were investigated for Secondary infertility while 119 (46.30%) were for primary infertility.The predominant finding was normal study (41.2%, n=106) while the most common abnormal finding was bilateral tubal block (13.2%, n=34).Four different HSG protocols were identified in this study.Conclusion: Patients within the age group rage, 26-30 years are most commonly affected by infertility and secondary infertility was the most common.The most common abnormal finding among this group of patients in this study is tubal blockage.