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SynthesisMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Comparison of HyFoSy, HyCoSy and X-Ray Hysterosalpingography in the Assessment of Tubal Patency in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Emmanouil M Xydias, Vasileios Emmanouil, Maria Koutini, Anna Ntanika, Elias Tsakos, Matthew Prior, Ippokratis Sarris, Ioannis Thanasas, Alexandros Daponte, Apostolos C Ziogas

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Synthesis in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Comparison of the Application Value of 4-Dimensional Hysterosalpingo-Contrast Sonography and X-Ray Hysterosalpingography in Intrauterine Insemination.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Emmanouil M XydiasEmbryoClinic IVF, 6 Andrianoupoleos, 55133 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8961-7709
Vasileios EmmanouilFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli Campus, 68100 Alexandroupoli, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2837-4691
Maria KoutiniFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli Campus, 68100 Alexandroupoli, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1976-3780
Anna NtanikaSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Doroutis Campus, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6665-6545
Elias TsakosEmbryoClinic IVF, 6 Andrianoupoleos, 55133 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0972-2133
Matthew PriorNewcastle Fertility Centre, International Centre for Life, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4EP, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2129-1073
Ippokratis SarrisKing's Fertility Centre, The Fetal Medicine Research Institute, 16-20 Windsor Walk Denmark Hill, London SE5 8BB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8912-5920
Ioannis ThanasasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of Trikala, 56 Karditsis, 42131 Trikala, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6665-0167
Alexandros DaponteSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 3 Panepistimiou, 41500 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7300-9514
Apostolos C ZiogasSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 3 Panepistimiou, 41500 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3377-6935

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Fallopian Tube DiseasesFallopian TubesHysterosalpingographyInfertility, FemaleContrast MediaFallopian Tube Patency TestsFemaleHumansSensitivity and SpecificityUltrasonographyContrast Mediadiagnostic accuracyHyCoSyHyFoSyhysterosalpingographypain tolerabilitytubal patency

Identifiers

PMID40981166
PMCPMC12452309

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