title: Clinical Study of Endometrial Polyp and Role of Diagnostic Hysteroscopy and Blind Avulsion of Polyp.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Endometrial polyp is one of the common causes of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) in the reproductive age group as well as postmenopausal age group.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study the clinical features of endometrial polyp and the safety and feasibility of blind polypectomy following diagnostic hysteroscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total of 256 women who were diagnosed to have endometrial polyp by transvaginal ultrasound and underwent diagnostic hysteroscopy and blind polypectomy by simple avulsion in the period of January 2008 to December 2014 were included in our study. Polyp was confirmed by the histopathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of polyp among women who underwent diagnostic hysteroscopy and blind polypectomy was more common in the age group of 40-49years. Polyps manifested as AUB in 45.6% of our study population. The mean size of the polyp was not significantly different between premenopausal and postmenopausal women and single and multiple polyps. Histopathological study of the polyp showed two malignant polyps in our study population. Premalignant lesions i.e., endometrial hyperplasia without atypia and with atypia was found in 33 women. There was one uterine perforation, one cervical tear; one false passage and one patient had mild bleeding after the procedure. In our study, in the mean follow-up period of 37.57±28.12 months, 3.9% (7 women) had recurrence. In the follow-up period of 16.56±18.96 months, 78.9% women didn't have recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnostic hysteroscopy and blind polypectomy has low complication rate and recurrence rate and technically feasible for the practicing gynaecologists which don't need much training and is cost-effective also.
authors: Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Viswavidhyapeetham , Kerala, India .
authors: Janu Mangala
authors: JM
authors: Kanthi
authors: Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Viswavidhyapeetham , Kerala, India .
authors: Chithra
authors: C
authors: Remadevi
authors: Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amrita School of medicine, Amrita Viswavidhyapeetham , Kerala, India .
authors: Sudha
authors: S
authors: Sumathy
authors: Clinical Additional Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Viswavidhyapeetham , Kerala, India .
authors: Deepti
authors: D
authors: Sharma
authors: Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Viswavidhyapeetham , Kerala, India .
authors: Sarala
authors: S
authors: Sreedhar
authors: Former Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Viswavidhyapeetham , Kerala, India .
authors: Amrutha
authors: A
authors: Jose
keywords: Abnormal uterine bleeding; Hysteroscopic polypectomy; Polyp with premalignant change; Recurrence of endometrial polyp