title: Hysteroscopy: a review.
abstract: A review of the applications of hysteroscopy in obstetrics and gynecology is presented. Historical aspects, instrumentation, and media are interrelated. The respective diagnostic and therapeutic applications are reviewed separately, followed by more recent developments and potential applications. The review confirms that the hysteroscope is a necessary tool in the gynecologists armamentarium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finikiotis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020702:Hysteroscopes; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods