Side-effects and complications of outpatient hysteroscopy.

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.

Published: February 1993

Outpatient hysteroscopy and biopsy was performed on 403 occasions. Complications were rare (< 1%). Side-effects occurred in 70% of patients but rarely required treatment. Preoperative explanation of the type, severity and frequency of side-effects reduces patient anxiety at the time when side-effects occur.

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