A series of 1000 consecutive out-patient diagnostic hysteroscopies.
OBJECTIVE
To review the success of out-patient diagnostic hysteroscopy.


METHODS
Retrospective review of 1000 consecutive out-patient hysteroscopies.


RESULTS
Hysteroscopy was successfully performed in 96%. Cervical dilatation was required in 15.0% and local anaesthesia was administered in 31.4%; 77.3% of those requiring cervical dilatation received local anaesthesia. Intrauterine pathology was noted in 49.3%. The procedure failed in 40 (4%) patients for the following reasons: pain or anxiety in 23, cervical stenosis in 11, equipment failure in 4, and extreme uterine retroversion and inadvertent false cavity formation in one case each.


CONCLUSIONS
Out-patient diagnostic hysteroscopy is a safe, well tolerated and successful investigation procedure in the majority of patients and should be the procedure of choice for suspected intrauterine pathology.
Cooper
M J
MJ
University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
Broadbent
J A
JA
Molnár
B G
BG
Richardson
R
R
Magos
A L
AL
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*