Patient Information

Fact Sheet
Know Your Ultrasound
Scan Series – 2

Are You Having Infertility ?

Procedure of Ultrasound:
TAS: - Bladder should be almost full so patient needs to drink
more water.
Steps: - Patient is made to lie down on her back.
- Abdomen is exposed with a bed sheet covering her legs.
- USG is performed with a trans abdominal probe after
application of jelly on lower abdomen.

TVS: - Bladder should be empty.

Steps: - Patient lies down on her back with legs exed at knee and
hip joints and legs apart.
- A transvaginal probe covered with jelly and probe cover
is gently inserted inside the vagina and scan done.

Benets of Ultrasound:
To look for any disease of the uterus, ovaries, tubes and adnexa

· Uterus: To look for size, shape, mobility, position, endometrial thickness, echogenicity of the endometrium and
any masses in the uterine well. E.g. broids, polyps in the uterine cavity, adenomyosis. Color doppler for blood
ow in the endometrium is done which predicts uterine receptivity.
· Ovaries: To look for size, volume, AFC, any ovarian cysts like follicular cysts, encapsulated cysts, dermoid cysts,
endometriotic cysts, ovarian tumors etc. Color doppler of ovarian dominant follicle gives an idea of quality
of the oocyte.
· Tubes: Normal fallopian tubes are not visualized in USG. If they are enlarged with uid lled in them as in
Hydrosalpinx, they can be seen on USG.
· Adnexa: Any masses like pedunculated broids, cysts. E.g. Paraovarian cysts.

For Infertility Related Queries, Contact

Director - Dr (Col) Pankaj Talwar, VSM
i - Consult, a Subsidary of ARTech
+91 9810790063 +91 8287883005 pankaj_1310@yahoo.co. in
visit
Manipal Hospital - Palam Vihar, Sector 6 Dwarka, New Delhi - 110075 www.drpankajtalwar.com