• the right doctor
• basal fertility testing
• female symptoms
• additional tests for women
  • transvaginal ultrasound
  • sono-hystergram
  • hysterosalphingography (HSG)
  • hysteroscopy
  • laparoscopy
  • endometrial biopsy
  • immunoubead test
• female diagnosis
• male symptoms
• additional tests for men
• male diagnosis
• unexplained subfertility

hysteroscopy

Hysteroscopy involves the use of a fibre optic mini telescope to observe the interior of the uterus (womb). It not only useful in helping to make a diagnosis of infertility, but can sometimes also be used for the treatment of infertility.

• reason for the examination
• the examination

reason for the examination

Doctors use this procedure to inspect the inside of a woman’s uterus, and identify whether conditions like myoma, polyps, scar tissue, structural abnormalities or malignant disorders, are present. All these can have a negative influence on fertility.

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the examination

The procedure normally takes place in an operating room or doctor’s office and is generally conducted as soon as possible after the end of menstruation. In this part of the cycle of a woman, the uterus is easier to assess and the test will not interrupt a possible pregnancy.

Using local anaesthetic, a telescope, named the hysteroscope, is introduced through the vagina and cervix into the uterus. When the tube is in the uterus, gas or fluid is pumped through it, which separates the walls of the uterus from each other, making examination easier. If abnormalities are apparent, operative hysteroscopy can be undertaken. Possible risks connected to this procedure are bleeding, infections and side effects of the anaesthetic.

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