title: Hysteroscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of pathologic changes in the uterine cavity in women with an intact hymen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We perform hysteroscopy in 14 women for the diagnosis and treatment of pathologic changes in the uterine cavity of women with an intact hymen. All hysteroscopies were successfully carried out with the hymen intact and the therapeutic results were excellent.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-affiliated hospital, department of obstetrics and gynecology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen unmarried women who underwent hysteroscopy on the condition of keeping the hymen intact.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hysteroscopy was used for the diagnosis and treatment of pathological changes in the uterine cavity of women with an intact hymen.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 14 hysteroscopies were successfully carried out with the hymen intact, and the therapeutic results were excellent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hysteroscopy without damaging the intact hymen is feasible and helpful for the diagnosis in the treatment of pathologic endometrial changes in women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Dabao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Chunxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yajun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006924:Hymen; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012847:Single Person; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery