OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness and acceptability of outpatient polypectomy with inpatient polypectomy. DESIGN Pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled non-inferiority study. SETTING Outpatient hysteroscopy clinics in 31 UK National Health Service hospitals. PARTICIPANTS 507 women who attended as outpatients for diagnostic hysteroscopy because of abnormal uterine bleeding and we...

A 47-year-old man was referred to the Gastroenterology Department for investigation of a polypoid stomach mass detected incidentally at abdominal computed tomography (CT). The patient did not describe any history of gastric operation. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a broad-based polypoid mass, approximately 25mm in diameter, at the greater curvature of the corpus. The surface of the ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of paracervical block (PB) and IV sedation (IVS) on women's pain perception during operative hysteroscopy. METHODS A total of 84 patients with uterine polyps were randomized to either PB or IV sedation or general anesthesia (GA) as control group. In PB group, the patients received oral diazepam 10 mg and 100 mg diclofenac Na su...

Abstract   Bicornuate uterus is class IV and septate uterus is class Vin uterine anomaly classification. Bicornuate uterus is almost always treated by laparotomy and metroplasty. But the treatment of choice for septate uterus is hysteroscopic metroplasty. Bicornuate- septate uterus which is described in this paper is a new class of uterine anomaly(between class IV & V). The advantages of hyster...

Several recent studies have explored efficacy and safety of different endoscopic treatments for gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (GI-NETs). However, there is no definitive consensus regarding the best endoscopic approach for GI-NETs treatment. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the application of various endoscopic techniques for the treatment of GI-NETs according t...

BACKGROUND Colonic adenomatous polyps are premalignant lesions; early recognition and use of a polypectomy for these polyps can reduce the occurrence of colorectal cancer. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the complications of polypectomy and the relationship between the morphology and size of colonic polyps and their histology. METHODS Data on colonic polyps from 324 patients who r...

A new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics classification for myomas was recently described. Type 0, 1 and 2 are the submucosal fibroids. Submucous myomas represent one of the main indications for operative hysteroscopy. Hysteroscopic resection of submucous fibroids should be a simple, well-tolerated procedure and ideally finished in a single surgical step. Hysteroscopic myomec...

A new hysteroscopic technique (ReLARC®) for the insertion of long-term contraceptive devices is described. The procedure is conducted under direct visualization; the method is simple, safe and rapid, and is suitable for application in the operating room or the office. The method is a reversible alternative to more complex insertion techniques for hysteroscopic intratubal contraception. It is th...