Early experience with the vaginoscopic approach to outpatient microhysteroscopy

Description

No / Objective To assess the outcome of the vaginoscopic approach to outpatient microhysteroscopy using a 2.5-mm semi-rigid hysteroscope without using a speculum, tenaculum or analgesia.
Design
A prospective observational study.
Setting
Outpatient hysteroscopy unit of a large district general hospital.
Subjects
24 women referred to the outpatient hysteroscopy unit with abnormal uterine bleeding.
Results
A total of 24 women had vaginoscopic outpatient microhysteroscopy. Of the procedures, 20 (83.4%) were successful using the technique and four (16.6%) failed procedures occurred. Pain was not encountered during the procedure.
Conclusion
Outpatient hysteroscopy with a semi-rigid 2.5-mm microhysteroscope using the vaginoscopic approach is a well-tolerated and successful technique for the evaluation of abnormal genital tract bleeding.

Links & Downloads

1. Okeahialam, M.G., Jones, S,G. and O'Donovan, P.J. (2001). Early experience with the vaginoscopic approach to outpatient microhysteroscopy. Gynaecological Endoscopy. Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 57-59.
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3650
3. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2508.2001.00395.x

Tags

Outpatient microhysteroscopy

Vaginoscopy

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/3650
Date	January 2001
Creators	Okeahialam, Magella G., Jones, Sian.E., O'Donovan, Peter J.
Source Sets	Bradford Scholars
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, No full-text in the repository