Hysteroscopy is considered not only a diagnostic instrument but also a therapeutic tool for many uterine pathologies. In the early 1990s, advances in technology and techniques made hysteroscopy less painful and invasive, allowing to increase in the number of gynecological procedures performed in an ambulatory setting without significant patient discomfort and with potentially significant cost savings. This is the so-called "office hysteroscopy" or "see-and-treat hysteroscopy", whose spread has permitted the decrease of the number of procedures performed in the operating room with the benefit of obviating the need for anesthesia and dilatation of the cervical canal.
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September 2022
Introduction: Adenomyosis is a form of endometriosis characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue in the myometrium. The correlation between anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) expression and adenomyosis is unclear. Few studies investigated this possible correlation with promising results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Uterine rupture (UR) during pregnancy is an obstetric emergency that could determine poor maternal and neonatal outcomes. There are many factors that could increase the risk of UR, such as a previous myomectomy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of a previous myomectomy in a spontaneous UR in pregnancy.
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