Office hysteroscopy after ultrasonographic diagnosis of thickened endometrium in postmenopausal patients

The aim of our study was to access office hysteroscopy results in postmenopausal patients with thickened endometrium. A retrospective descriptive study was carried out on 245 postmenopausal patients submitted to office hysteroscopy after sonographic diagnosis of thickened endometrium in 20 consecuti...

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Published in:Gynecological surgery 2009-11, Vol.6 (4), p.317, Article 317
Main Authors: Cordeiro, Alexandra, Condeço, Raquel, Leitão, Carla, Sousa, Filomena, Coutinho, Susana, Silva, Maria do Carmo, Bernardo, Maria José, Mira, Ricardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Gynecology
Interventional Radiology
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery
Original Article
Reproductive Medicine
Surgical Oncology
Women
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Summary:The aim of our study was to access office hysteroscopy results in postmenopausal patients with thickened endometrium. A retrospective descriptive study was carried out on 245 postmenopausal patients submitted to office hysteroscopy after sonographic diagnosis of thickened endometrium in 20 consecutive months. Women were evaluated for age, hormonal therapy, hysteroscopic findings, procedure duration, complications and associated pain, and histological diagnosis. Patients with and without uterine bleeding were considered separately. Symptomatic patients were older and had longer procedure duration. The most frequent hysteroscopic finding was endometrial polyp in both groups. Pain was subjectively assessed in a numeric scale from 0 to 10 and median value was 4. There were no complications reported. Global neoplasia rate was 2.9% for asymptomatic patients and 16.4% for symptomatic ones ( p  
ISSN:1613-2076
1613-2084
DOI:10.1007/s10397-009-0485-3