Table 3.
Qualitative results of HSG images.
| Items | Oil group, No. (%) N = 491 |
Water group, No. (%) N = 491 |
Total, No. (%) N = 982 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uterus opacification or uterine outline | <0.001 | |||
| Weakly visualized and not diagnostic | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Weakly visualized but diagnostic | 6 (1.2) | 8 (1.6) | 14 (1.4) | |
| Good demonstration and diagnostic | 49 (10.0) | 140 (28.5) | 189 (19.2) | |
| Outstanding visualization | 436 (88.8) | 342 (69.7) | 778 (79.2) | |
| Fallopian tube outline | <0.001 | |||
| Weakly visualized and not diagnostic | 22 (4.5) | 24 (4.9) | 46 (4.7) | |
| Weakly visualized but diagnostic | 51 (10.4) | 140 (28.5) | 191 (19.5) | |
| Good demonstration and diagnostic | 187 (38.1) | 268 (54.6) | 455 (46.3) | |
| Outstanding visualization | 231 (47.0) | 59 (12.0) | 290 (29.5) | |
| Fimbrial rugae | <0.001 | |||
| Weakly visualized and not diagnostic | 61 (12.4) | 72 (14.7) | 133 (13.5) | |
| Weakly visualized but diagnostic | 148 (30.1) | 212 (43.2) | 360 (36.7) | |
| Good demonstration and diagnostic | 147 (29.9) | 181 (36.9) | 328 (33.4) | |
| Outstanding visualization | 135 (27.5) | 26 (5.3) | 161 (16.4) | |
| Fallopian tube spillage | <0.001 | |||
| Weakly visualized and not diagnostic | 50 (10.2) | 64 (13.0) | 114 (11.6) | |
| Weakly visualized but diagnostic | 42 (8.6) | 107 (21.8) | 149 (15.2) | |
| Good demonstration and diagnostic | 228 (46.4) | 270 (55.0) | 498 (50.7) | |
| Outstanding visualization | 171 (34.8) | 50 (10.2) | 221 (22.5) | |
| Peritoneal distribution | <0.001 | |||
| Weakly visualized and not diagnostic | 49 (10.0) | 60 (12.2) | 109 (11.1) | |
| Weakly visualized but diagnostic | 5 (1.0) | 23 (4.7) | 28 (2.9) | |
| Good demonstration and diagnostic | 29 (5.9) | 206 (42.0) | 235 (23.9) | |
| Outstanding visualization | 408 (83.1) | 202 (41.1) | 610 (62.1) |
HSG, hysterosalpingography.