HYSTEROSCOPY
Hysteroscopy is a minor outpatient surgical procedure performed in the
operating room under either local-intravenous or general anesthesia for diagnosis
and possibly for therapy.
Figure II-1-5. HysteroscopyA fiberoptic scope is placed through a previously dilated cervix to directly
visualize the endometrial cavity. A clear fluid is infused through side ports of
the scope to distend the uterine cavity, allowing visualization.
Other side ports of the hysteroscope can be used in placing instruments to
biopsy lesions or to resect submucous leiomyomas, polyps, or uterine septa.