title: Hysteroscopy and treatment of uterine polyps.
abstract: This article summarizes and analyzes the salient topics on the diagnosis and management of endometrial polyps, focusing on the role of the hysteroscopy. Noninvasive investigations such as transvaginal ultrasonography, with or without the use of three-dimensional ultrasonography (3D US) and contrast techniques, remain the mainstay of first-line investigation. Hysteroscopic resection represents the gold standard minimally invasive treatment for endometrial polyps. It is the most effective management and allows histologic assessment, whereas blind biopsy or curettage have low diagnostic accuracy and should not be performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: cdispie@tin.it.
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Spiezio Sardo
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Palermo "P. Giaccone", Via Alfonzo Giordano 3, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: gloria.calagna83@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calagna
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Surgery and Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, "SS. Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona - Schola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno Hospital, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: maguida@unisa.it.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guida
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Palermo "P. Giaccone", Via Alfonzo Giordano 3, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: antonio.perino@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perino
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini 5, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: nappi@unina.it.
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nappi
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001706:Biopsy; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: abnormal uterine bleeding; endometrial polyps; hysteroscopy; polypectomy