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Chapter 44 - Advanced Hysteroscopy

from Section 10 - Operative Gynaecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

By
Rudi Campo ,
Stephan Gordts ,
Helena Van Kerrebroeck ,
Fabrizia Santangelo ,
Maria Chiara De Angelis  and
Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona-Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

The improvements in techniques, endoscopic instrumentation and surgical experience have completely changed the approach to uterine intracavitary pathologies, allowing the physician to achieve more reliable diagnostic and therapeutic results. The advent of these new technologies allows us today to improve advanced hysteroscopic surgery by increasing the efficacy of an operating room environment but avoiding the need for the inpatient setting for most of the procedures. It is possible to treat severe cervical stenosis or intrauterine synechiae, including Asherman’s syndrome, G2 myomas, congenital uterine malformations, adenomyosis and chronically retained products of conception in an ambulatory setting. The future looks to further the simplification of instrumentation, and establish a safer and easier delivery of energy sources.

This chapter provides a description of advanced hysteroscopic procedures and their benefits in modern gynaecological practice.

Keywords

uterushysteroscopyendometrial cavitysynechiaemyomas
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
 , pp. 385 - 396
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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