Roentgenographic and Other Techniques in the Diagnosis of Uterotubal Factors in Sterility and Infertility

John W. Huffman
In: Joint Meeting · 1969 · pp. 522–530 · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-25034-1_4 · W4235555804
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This historical review traces the development of roentgenographic techniques, beginning with X-rays and evolving through early hysterosalpingography, to diagnose uterotubal factors in infertility.

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This historical chapter reviews roentgenographic approaches used to diagnose uterotubal factors contributing to sterility and infertility, tracing developments from early X-ray applications to the evolution of hysterosalpingography. It describes key milestones such as roentgenologic diagnosis of calcified fibromyomata, early hysterosalpingograms using barium paste, and later technique refinements combining hysterosalpingography with pneumoperitoneum. The main limitation is that the chapter is a narrative account of technique development and cited work rather than an original study with quantitative outcomes. Relevance to endometriosis: the paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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William Roentgen of Würzburg, discoverer of the X-ray, paved the way for those who subsequently developed hysterosalpingographic techniques. Ludlow (1909) reported calcified fibromyomata of the uterus which had been diagnosed roentgenologically. The first hysterosalpingogram was obtained by Rindfleisch (1910) who filled the uterine cavity with a barium paste and then made a roentgenogram which demonstrated the endometrial cavity and the left tube. Rubin (1914) and Carey (1914) pioneered in the evolution of uterosalpingography. Heuser (1925) and Stein and Arens (1927) demonstrated the value of hysterosalpingography combined with pneumoperitoneum. It is fitting that we should acknowledge the help which these and many other investigators have given us. From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Passavant Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Preview Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF. Similar content being viewed by others

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