Hysterosalpingography in the Sequels of Conisation of the Uterine Cervix

Abstract

A hysterosalpingographic survey was made of 65 women of reproductive age who had undergone conisation of the uterine cervix for carcinoma in situ or severe dysplasia at least one year before. None of the patients investigated radiologically had undergone uterine surgery before conisation. In a high percentage of cases morphological changes of the cervical canal and, less frequently, the isthmus were found. Most of the changes are attributable to scar retraction, and the hysterosalpingographic findings did not differ appreciably from those following other types of gynecological surgery, namely, segmental or total stenosis and ectasia of the cervical canal and isthmus. A control series of patients with preoperative and postoperative hysterosalpingograms is now under consideration to confirm the radiological findings and to correlate them with clinical data.