Office hysteroscopy
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Office hysteroscopy
Abstract
Office hysteroscopy has developed into an easy, safe, quick, and effective method of intrauterine evaluation that provides immediate results, offers the capacity of direct targeted biopsies of suspicious focal lesions, and offers the direct treatment of some intrauterine conditions. It has been facilitated by the availability of small-caliber endoscopes. Because of its simplicity and ease, the procedure is applicable as a screening method for patients with abnormal uterine bleeding or questionable hysterograms and for patients with suspected intrauterine pathology. Office hysteroscopy can be undertaken in a short period of time with minimal morbidity and inconvenience to the patient. It is important, nonetheless, to select the patients appropriately and time the examination strictly to the early follicular phase, once menstruation has ceased. When suction aspiration plastic cannulas are used for endometrial sampling, the combined procedure, hysteroscopy-suction sampling, offers an excellent method in the evaluation of patients with abnormal uterine bleeding. Transvaginal sonography with or without fluid enhancement complements the uterine evaluation, rather than replacing hysteroscopy, by outlining intramural uterine lesions such as myomas, adenomyosis, and other adnexal pathology not susceptible to hysteroscopic evaluation. Although some patients may not require analgesia or anesthesia for office hysteroscopy, the majority will benefit from a paracervical block or topical anesthesia, particularly if a suction endometrial aspiration will follow hysteroscopy or if any hysteroscopic intervention is performed, including a targeted biopsy. The success office hysteroscopy depends on the appropriate selection of the patient, the absence of contraindications, adequate instrumentation, and meticulous technique.
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