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Hysterosonography

Illustration showing hysterosonography

A doctor or technician places a small tube (catheter) through your vagina and cervix and into your uterus, and then injects sterile saline to expand the uterine cavity, making it easier to detect fibroids and other abnormalities. An ultrasound probe placed in your vagina obtains images.

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