78
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2017
Office hysteroscopy
Office hysteroscopy is a procedure performed in the office in which a flexible hysteroscope is inserted into the uterine cavity. The patient is positioned in a dorsal lithotomy position and teh cervix is visualized with a speculum. Normal saline is used to distend the cavity, and the hysteroscope is used to visualize any abnormalities within the cavity.
Endometrial biopsy
An endometrial biopsy is a procedure in which a pipelle instrument is inserted into the uterine cavity and suction from the pipelle is used to obtain endometrial tissue. This is performed with the patient in the dorsal lithotomy position and a speculum is used to visualize the cervix.
University of South Florida College of Medicien Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampa
University of South Florida
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