title: Clinical applications of Lin's forceps in flexible hysteroscopy.
abstract: Eighty-one patients underwent directed biopsy with a large Lin's biopsy forceps during flexible hysteroscopy performed without cervical dilatation or anesthesia. Ninety-seven specimens were obtained, with an average size of 74.5 3(. For control study, 18 women underwent directed biopsy with a small conventional biopsy forceps. Nineteen specimens were obtained, with average size 3.4 mm3( (p <0.05). In eight women, lost intrauterine devices were retrieved with a large Lin's grasping forceps, which can easily grasp the device directly and remove it during flexible hysteroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, 12-1, Shinkawadori, Kawasaki-Ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa-Ken, Japan.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Valle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020702:Hysteroscopes; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology