Practice of Pelvic Ultrasound in Women with Fertility Problems at Notre Dame Des Apôtres Hospital in N'Djamena, Chad

Infertility is a concern for couples and families in Africa. The aim of this study is to improve the care of women with female infertility in Chad. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. It involved 70 women who came to the Notre Dame des Apôtres Hospital in N'Djamena over a period of four months from June to October 2023 for pelvic ultrasounds as part of infertility investigations. Data collection required questionnaires that gathered information on the sociodemographic characteristics of these women on the one hand, and the results of the various examinations performed on the other hand. The average age of the women is 29. The clinical profile was dominated by pelvic pain (13%), primary infertility (26%), secondary infertility (46%), recurrent miscarriage (7%), and amenorrhea not related to pregnancy (6%). The lesions observed were dominated by pathologies that, in most cases, were the sequelae of untreated or poorly treated infections.