title: Operative office hysteroscopy without anesthesia: analysis of 4863 cases performed with mechanical instruments.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of, and patients' satisfaction with, office hysteroscopic treatment of benign intrauterine pathologies using 5F hysteroscopic instruments.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational clinical study (Canadian Task Force classification II).
  
  
  METHODS
  University center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four thousand eight hundred sixty-three (4863) women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Office hysteroscopy without analgesia or anesthesia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We used 5F mechanical instruments (scissors, grasping forceps) to treat cervical and endometrial polyps ranging between 0.2 and 3.7 cm, as well as intrauterine adhesions and anatomic impediments. From 71.9% to 93.5% of women underwent the procedure without discomfort for all pathologies treated except endometrial polyps larger than the internal cervical os, for which 63.6% experienced low or moderate pain. At 3-month follow-up, pathology persisted in 364 patients (5.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simple instruments enable us to perform many operative procedures in an office setting with excellent patient satisfaction, provided that the indications are correct.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Specialist Surgical Sciences, Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bettocchi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nappi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Venere
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Masciopinto
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pansini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cormio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000758:Anesthesia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000601:surgery; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery