Few data are available in the literature concerning the efficacy of standard hysteroscope disinfection procedures to prevent hepatitis B transmission. The aim of the present study was to determine the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission during hysteroscopy among anti-HBc-seropositive women. Serum and hysteroscopic samples were collected from 62 women after diagnostic hysteroscopy. All ...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the results of our conservative management of retained trophoblastic tissue and placental polyp with diagnostic ambulatory hysteroscopy and to describe our experience and guidelines. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive retrospective study. Eighty-four women with suspected retained trophoblastic tissue after pregnancy underwent hysteroscopic examination and extraction of all residual...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of hysteroscopic adhesiolysis and subsequent fertility in patients with adhesions stage 3 and 4. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: A tertiary referral center for hysteroscopic surgery. PATIENTS: Seventy-one patients with intrauterine permanent adhesions. INTERVENTIONS: Hysteroscopic surgery with mon...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The safety and efficacy of female hysteroscopic sterilization using the Essure system has been well documented. Given the marked differences in the execution of hysteroscopic and laparoscopic sterilization, the objective of this study was to assess the experience of pain postprocedure between the 2. Secondary end-points included postoperative pain medication, time to r...

Colonoscopic polypectomy is a major advance in the therapy of colon neoplasms. The techniques for safe and efficient polyp removal are described. The uses of a variety of ancillary devices are discussed, including clips, loops, submucosal injection of fluid, and several thermal probes, including the argon plasma coagulator. The location of a lesion may be difficult to ascertain by intracolonic ...

UNLABELLED Endoscopic polypectomy of colorectal polyps is a common procedure. However, endoscopic treatment of large polyps (those with a diameter exceeding 2 cm) remains questionable. There is a serious risk of colorectal carcinoma presence inside these lesions, which eventually would require surgical intervention. Apart from this fact endoscopic polypectomy of large polyps is connected with s...

BACKGROUND Female sterilization is the second most commonly used method of contraception in the United States. Female sterilization can now be performed through laparoscopic, abdominal, or hysteroscopic approaches. The hysteroscopic sterilization may be a safer option than sterilization through laparoscopy or laparotomy because it avoids invading the abdominal cavity and undergoing general anae...

Introduction The prevalence of colorectal neoplasms is approximately 30-40% in asymptomatic average-risk Koreans, which is comparable with the rate in Western countries. Although colonoscopic polypectomy can decrease the incidence of colorectal cancer, polypectomy and the ensuing pathologic examinations are major determinants of the cost. However, pathologic examinations are used only for deter...