Background The effect of hysteroscopic polpectomy for endometrial polyps during treatment cycles is still debated and further studies are necessary to evaluate beneficial effect of this procedure. MaterialsAndMethods This matched case-control study compared retrospectively 86 women with and without hysteroscopic polypectomy who underwent in vitro fertilization and / or Intracytoplasmic sperm in...

The aim of this study is to evaluate hysterectomy procedures performed for benign conditions in terms of indications and histopatho-logical results. Retrospective analysis of 32 hysterectomy cases, which were performed between January 2011 and Decem-ber 2012, was conducted to review indications and histo-pathological diagnoses. The most frequent indications for hysterectomy were abnormal uterin...

Endometrial polyps arise from endometrial overgrowth and may cause intermenstrual bleeding, irregular bleeding, and menorrhagia. In this study, endometrial polyps were harvested from hysterectomized specimens from 6 female patients not on hormone therapy. Endometrial polyp mesenchymal stem cells (EPMSCs) were isolated and characterized. Selected cells were spindle-shaped, and expressed surface ...

Endometrial polyps are most commonly seen in the postmenopausal women with uterine bleeding, although the giant polyps which originate from the uterine cavity and protruding from the cervical os are rare. Several cases which have been described in the literature are usually developed secondary to tamoxifen use, and the polyps do not extend or protrude from the external cervical os. Most of the ...

Background: According to age, history and physical examination findings, there are different diagnoses including anatomic lesions for abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). In these conditions, hysteroscopy can be performed as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. Objective: The aim of this study was defining the diagnostic value of hysteroscopy in evaluating uterine cavity in patients with AUB com...

Objective: To evaluate the intrauterine pathologies using office-based hysteroscopy (OH) in patients scheduled for assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Materials and Methods: This study was conducted at the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Unit of Firat University Hospital, between March 2010January 2012. The 219 patients with no OH within the previous 6 months were enrolled the study with rig...

In order to assess the efficacy of hysteroscopic endometrial ablation and factors which are important in it's success, a prospective, randomized study was performed in Shiraz university hospitals between Sep. 1995 to Feb. 1998. 50 patients with chief complaints of menorrhagia that were in reproductive age (25- 50 years) and had shown no response to medication and D&C underwent endometrial ...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, which has autosomal dominant inheritance, shows pigmentation in lip and skin. It also has features of harmatomatous polyp over the gastrointestinal tract, while sometimes developing tumor in genital tract. Known tumors in female genital tract include cervical adenocarcinoma, sex cord tumor, etc. Adenomyomatous polyp in uterus is also one of the rare diseases, which seldo...