title: [Hysteroscopic study in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding].
abstract: The experience of hysteroscopy performed in our Service in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) is presented in order to show the utility of this procedure as a diagnostic method and compare these results with Dilatation and Curettage (DC). Eighty five patients underwent diagnostic hysteroscopy procedure, followed by DC; 54 were postmenopausal (63.6%) and 31 were premenopausal (36.4%). The distention media used was liquid. In 47 patients (55.2%) the hysteroscopic diagnostic was normal or atrophic endometrium, in 16 patients (18.8%) was hyperplasia, in 17 patients (20%) was endometrial polyp, 4 cases (4.7%) were described as cancer and in 1 case (1.3%) the diagnostic was bone metaplasia. We compared the results with the histology of DC obtaining a correlation of 93%. These results confirm the high accuracy of this procedure as a diagnostic method in uterine bleeding regarding its specificity and sensibility.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Hospital Clínico, J. J. Aguirre, Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Astudillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000379:methods*; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
vernacular_title: Estudio histeroscópico en pacientes con hemorragia uterina anormal.