Hysterescopy

INTRODUCTION: The female reproductive tract harbours unique microbial communities (known as microbiota) which have been associated with reproductive functions in health and disease. While endometrial microbiome studies have shown that the uterus possesses higher bacterial diversity and richness compared to the vagina, the knowledge regarding the composition of the Fallopian tubes (FT) is lacking, especially in fertile women without any underlying conditions. METHODS: To address this gap, our study included 19 patients who underwent abdominal hysterectomy for benign uterine pathology, and 5 women who underwent tubal ligation as a permanent contraceptive method at Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca (HCUVA)...

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Foreign bodies; in particular, fetal bones may present with a variety of clinical symptoms and signs including infertility, vaginal discharge, disparonia, pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding. Many case reports were described post- abortal removal of retained fetal bone at varying time intervals from the previous (D&E), ranging from weeks to years. In our case, a 34-year-old woman presented with abnormal uterine bleeding and secondary infertility, her only pregnancy being a termination 8 years previously at 15 weeks' gestation...

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of misoprostol administered sublingually, vaginally or rectally on cervical ripening before hysterescopic surgery in post-menopausal women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Post-menopausal women were randomised to receive either 400 ug of misoprostol, administered sublingually, vaginally or rectally six hours and 12 hours prior to operative hysterescopy. RESULTS: Patients were randomized to receive receive sublingual (n = 30), rectal (n = 30) or vaginal (n = 30) misoprostol...

OBJECTIVE: In the present study we evaluated the value of hydrosonography in the screening for intracavitary structural pathologies in patients with a history of infertility before the implementation of assisted-reproductive technology. Hysterescopy was regarded as the gold standard procedure. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total number of 115 infertile women aged between 19 and 47 (33.4 +/- 5.3), who were candidates for assisted reproductive techniques, were enrolled in this retrospective analysis...

The purpose of this report is to caution against the use of hysteroscopy at the time of uterine curettage performed in women with postmenopausal bleeding suspected of having endometrial carcinoma. A 63 year old postmenopausal woman had endometrial carcinoma diagnosed by hysteroscopically guided curettage. At the time of hysterectomy three weeks later, malignant cells were found in pelvic washings. Although a causal relationship between hysteroscopy and malignant peritoneal cytology cannot be postulated, we believe that hysterescopy should be used with caution in the work up of postmenopausal bleeding...