INTRODUCTION Patients with uterine malformations have decreased reproductive potential and an unfavourable reproductive outcome starting even from the first pregnancy. Patients with untreated uterine malformations have a term delivery rate of 40%-65%. Hysteroscopic metroplasty is a standard, safe and minimally invasive method for treatment of uterine malformations, which provides a normal uteri...

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 hysteros...

Twenty-five women receiving sedation for outpatient hysteroscopic polypectomy were injected with 0.25% bupivacaine 10 mL (paracervical group) and another 25 received the same volume of saline (control group) at the cervical fornix. Both groups were given target-controlled p p H c p ©

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 ...

Objective Isthmoceles have been described as complications associated to caesarean section (CS). Only symptomatic isthmoceles should be treated. The main symptoms are abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in abscense of any other causes, pelvic pain and secondary infertility. There are several techniques described for the correction of isthmoceles. Isthmoplasty can be performed by hysteroscopy, lapar...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcome and cost-effectiveness of various forms of preoperative endometrial preparation prior to hysteroscopic endometrial destruction for abnormal uterine bleeding. METHODS This was a multicenter, prospective, comparative, randomized study conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Cairo, Egypt and 2 academic tertiary care teaching hospitals in the United States. One h...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To estimate the efficacy of fresh and dried amnion graft after hysteroscopic lysis of severe intrauterine adhesions in decreasing its recurrence and encouraging endometrial regeneration. DESIGN Pilot prospective randomized comparative study (Canadian Task Force classification I). SETTING Ain Shams Medical School, Cairo, Egypt. PATIENTS Forty-five patients with severe intra...

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety, effectiveness, and reliability of a tubal occlusion microinsert for permanent contraception, as well as to document patient recovery from the placement procedure and overall patient satisfaction. METHODS A cohort of 518 previously fertile women seeking sterilization participated in this prospective, phase III, international, multicenter trial. Microinsert place...

PURPOSE To examine the aspect of the uterine cavity after hysteroscopic endometrial ablation, to determine the prevalence of synechiae after the procedure, and to analyze the importance of hysteroscopy during the postoperative period. METHODS The results of the hysteroscopic exams of 153 patients who underwent outpatient hysteroscopy after endometrial ablation due to abnormal uterine bleeding...

The Essure™ system for permanent contraception was developed as a less invasive method of female sterilization. Placement of the Essure™ coil involves a hysteroscopic transcervical technique. This procedure can be done in a variety of settings and with a range of anesthetic options. More than eight years have passed since the US Food and Drug Administration approval of Essure™. Much research ha...