background: implantation failure is one of the most important factors limiting success in ivf treatment. the majority of trials have demonstrated favorable effect of endometrial injury on implantation success rate especially in women with recurrent implantation failure, while some studies failed to detect any benefit. objective: the purpose of our trial was to explore whether endometrial injury...

BACKGROUND Pipelle is a silastic curette which does not require a tenaculum or straightening of the cervical fundus axis because of its flexibility and does not require general anaesthesia, whereas Dilatation and curettage (D&C) requires hospitalization and general anaesthesia along with the problem of postoperative pain. The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of Pipelle sam...

Objective. The main objective of the study was to determine the reliability of the Cornier’ pipelle endometrial biopsy in determining endometrial cancer, and the comparison of this with the gold standard method, dilatation and curettage. Materials and methods. A number of 105 patients with indication of endometrial biopsy were included in this study. Initially the Cornier’ pipelle endometrial b...

Dilatation and curettage (D + C) is the most common operation performed in Britain. The liberal use of D + C has been criticised. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of outpatient endometrial pipelle biopsy and determine its safety in terms of detecting abnormalities. Complications and financial costs were also evaluated. Data were reviewed from an active gynaecological unit fro...

Aim: To determine frequency of positive endometrial biopsies in pre and post menopausal patients with abnormal uterine bleeding for detection of endometrial carcinoma. Methods: This Cross-sectional study was conducted at Gynecological outpatient department Nishtar Hospital Multan from January 2013 to December 2013. Pre and post-menopausal women between 3570 years with abnormal uterine bleeding ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of pipelle in sampling diagnostic material from the uterine cavity and determining clinical factors, which may affect its effectiveness. MATERIAL AND METHODS The retrospective analysis included 312 patients who underwent pipelle biopsy because of various indications. Evaluated factors which may affect the effectiveness of this me...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of cervical lidocaine gel in reducing patient discomfort during Pipelle endometrial sampling. MATERIALS AND METHODS From September 2012 to January 2013, 137 patients were evaluated with Pipelle endometrial biopsy. For group 1 (77 women), 2% lidocaine gel was applied to the cervical canal 3 min before endometrial sampling. For group 2 (60 women), a placebo ge...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to evaluate the ability of preoperative endometrial sampling to accurately diagnose high-grade endometrial tumors. STUDY DESIGN Three hundred sixty endometrial cancer patients had preoperative endometrial sampling and hysterectomy specimens that underwent pathologic review at a single institution from 1995 to 2005. The sensitivity of Pipelle and curettage t...