background: aub is a common cause of women’s referring to gynecologists. although hysteroscopy is known as the gold standard technique for diagnosing the cause of aub, sonohysterography is less invasive, and it is performed by general gynecologists. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of sonohysterography compared to the results of the endometrial biopsy, guided...

Transvaginal sonohysterography was performed on 40 consecutive patients with infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss and uterine abnormalities on hysterosalpingography. The findings were correlated with the hysterosalpingogram and subsequent diagnostic and/or operative hysteroscopy. Hysterosalpingography was incorrect in nine cases. Sonohysterography was more accurate than hysterosalpingography...

Specialists often need to browse through libraries containing many diagnostic hysteroscopy videos searching for similar cases, or even to review the video of one particular case. Video searching and browsing can be used in many situations, like in case-based diagnosis when videos of previously diagnosed cases are compared, in case referrals, in reviewing the patient records, as well as for supp...

The hysteroscopy is the gold standard for treatment of uterine intracavitary diseases. It is effective and safe with low rate of recurrence and complications. The features of intrauterine lesions are factors influencing the instrument choice. The larger are generally treated by resectoscope but this technique is associated with potential serious complications mainly due to the need of cervical ...

BACKGROUND AUB is a common cause of women's referring to gynecologists. Although hysteroscopy is known as the gold standard technique for diagnosing the cause of AUB, sonohysterography is less invasive, and it is performed by general gynecologists. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of sonohysterography compared to the results of the endometrial biopsy, guided ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of different types of local anaesthetic for pain control during outpatient hysteroscopy. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. SETTING Outpatient hysteroscopy clinics. PARTICIPANTS Women undergoing diagnostic or operative hysteroscopy as outpatients-that is, without general anaesthesia. Study selection criteria Medline...

Background: Overall, the use of antibiotics is increasing. We noticed different practices amongst different hospitals in their prophylactic use of antibiotics during operative hysteroscopy. This review investigates whether there is sufficient evidence to recommend antibiotic prophylaxis in operative hysteroscopy. Methods: We performed a systematic search in “Pubmed” using “hysteroscopy” and “an...

INTRODUCTION Hysteroscopy is considered the 'gold standard' procedure in assessing uterine pathology however it is more expensive and invasive method than ultrasonography. An alternative to the diagnostic hysteroscopy is sonohysterography. AIM To evaluate the usefulness of sonohysterography in detecting endometrial polyps in female patients diagnosed with infertility. MATERIAL AND METHODS W...

Few data are available in the literature concerning the efficacy of standard hysteroscope disinfection procedures to prevent hepatitis B transmission. The aim of the present study was to determine the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission during hysteroscopy among anti-HBc-seropositive women. Serum and hysteroscopic samples were collected from 62 women after diagnostic hysteroscopy. All ...

Introduction: Uterine arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are one of the causes of potential severe genital hemorrhages. Acquired AVMs are considered iatrogenic and mainly diagnosed after pregnancy termination and/ or uterine surgery. The diagnosis is based on ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and angiography. Uterine artery embolization and hysterectomy represent the c...