[Role of office hysteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of uterine pathology]

Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2015 Oct;39(232):251-3.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Nowadays endoscopic techniques are one of the basic diagnostic and operative methods in gynecology. Laparoscopy and hysteroscopy are the most popular of them. Office hysteroscopy is a modern diagnostic and therapeutic method feasible in an outpatient room because no necessity of anesthesia. It is the first-line procedure in the infertility diagnosis and treatment of uterine pathology such as polyps, submucosal fibroids and adhesions. Limitation of this method is the cervical canal atresia. Contraindications to it are: pregnancy, uterine bleeding, active inflammation of pelvic organs, cervical cancer. Due to the high sensitivity and specificity, simplicity of execution and no need for patient hospitalization, office hysteroscopy becomes important diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in uterine pathologies.

Keywords: diagnosis; office hysteroscopy; uterine pathology.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Contraindications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysteroscopy*
  • Infertility, Female / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Uterine Diseases / diagnosis*