Long-term complications of office hysteroscopy: analysis of 1028 cases.
J Minim Invasive Gynecol
; 19(4): 494-7, 2012.
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| ID: mdl-22564927
ABSTRACT
STUDY OBJECTIVE:
To estimate the long-term complication rate of office hysteroscopy with the vaginoscopic approach.DESIGN:
Retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-A).SETTING:
University-affiliated teaching hospital with outpatient hysteroscopy facilities. PATIENTS Between January 2005 and October 2007, all consecutive patients undergoing office hysteroscopy with the vaginoscopic approach were analyzed, 1028 procedures in total.INTERVENTIONS:
Therapeutic or diagnostic office hysteroscopy with the vaginoscopic approach. The complication registration of the gynecology department and a random sample of one third of the medical records were analyzed for long-term complications. MEASUREMENTS AND MAINRESULTS:
Of the 1028 hysteroscopic procedures, 622 (60%) were diagnostic, 328 (32%) were therapeutic hysteroscopic procedures, and 78 (8%) procedures failed. In the complication registration and in the medical charts, 1 significant complication could be identified.CONCLUSIONS:
Office hysteroscopy with the vaginoscopic approach is a safe procedure. This study showed an extremely low risk of long-term complications.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dor Abdominal
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Histeroscopia
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Febre
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Ambulatórios
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Minim Invasive Gynecol
Assunto da revista:
GINECOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda