title: [Study of 27 endometrial samples taken with the Inocurette. Value of the method].
abstract: The authors have tested a new disposable device, the inocurette, for a histological study of the endometrium, performed on ambulatory patients without anesthesia. The indications were always the occurrence of menorrhagias or metrorrhagias and a subsequent control by curetage or hysterectomy was carried out on the first 27 cases included in this study. Sampling was done without difficulty with a preliminary dilatation of the cervix in only 4 cases and, in the whole, the procedure was not considered as painful. The reliability of the diagnosis appears satisfactory with 92% of matching results. The possibility of false negative results, even though low, urges however to pursue explorations by hysteroscopy and curetage every time there is a clinical or radiological suspicion.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Etude de 27 prélèvements endométriaux par l'Inocurette. Intérêt de la méthode.