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8999387

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
Hysteroscopy is a technique which plays a fundamental diagnostic role in gynecological practice. The possibility of obtaining a direct intracavitary view and performing specific biopsies give it a greater level of diagnostic accuracy than intrauterine curettage. The authors' personal experience of 13,923 case enables the correct method of performing this procedure to be codified in order to avoid the inherent risks and complications. The main indication is abnormal uterine bleeding which is the most frequently observed pathology in gynecological practice. In cases of metrorrhagia in women of child-bearing age benign organic pathology accounts for 45% of patients and malignant pathology 0.3%. Post-menopausal patients reveal an increase in the incidence of organic pathology in general and neoplastic pathologies in particular (8.1%). Complications linked to this type of technique are extremely rare and in overall terms affect 1% of cases. The analysis of results shows that hysteroscopy today represents an extremely reliable and repeatable outpatient procedure. However, in spite of these advantages, including savings in health costs, it is not widely used at a capillary level given that if performed by persons who are not expert it may become traumatic and unreliable. The correct execution of hysteroscopy in fact calls for dexterity acquired over time which is not conditioned by the learning of previous techniques and requires an adequate period of training.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0026-4784
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
383-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Outpatient diagnostic hysteroscopy: 14,000 cases].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica II, Università degli Studi Bologna.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract