New mini-resectoscope: analysis of preliminary quality results in outpatient hysteroscopic polypectomy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Giancarlo Garuti; Davide Dealberti; Carla Pisani; Stefano Prigione; Enrico Rovetta; Fabio Montella; Francesca Riboni
- Source
- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 288:349-353
- Subject
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Vaginoscopy
Visual analogue scale
medicine.medical_treatment
Operative Time
Hysteroscopy
Pelvic Pain
Polyps
Ambulatory care
Ambulatory Care
Hysteroscopes
medicine
Endometrial Polyp
Humans
Pain Measurement
Uterine Diseases
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Pelvic pain
Obstetrics and Gynecology
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Polypectomy
Surgery
Clinical trial
Female
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1432-0711
0932-0067
We investigated the feasibility and acceptability of office hysteroscopic polypectomy using a new continuous-flow operative 16 Fr Gubbini’s mini-resectoscope. This is a prospective clinical study (Canadian Task Force classification III). The office hysteroscopic polypectomy was performed with a mini-resectoscope without analgesia or anesthesia. We evaluated the polyp size and the number, the effectiveness of resection, the operating time, the pelvic pain and complications. The office hysteroscopic polypectomy was successfully performed in all 33 patients. The polyps ranged in size from 5 to 50 mm with a mean of 18.15 ± 11.45 mm. We analyzed the operating time with a mean of 11.45 ± 4.71 min: 29 procedures took less than 15 min from the start of vaginoscopy to the end of surgery. Overall mean visual analog scale (VAS) calculated was 2.48 ± 1.37 (range 0–6). The correlation between the size of the polyps and operating time was statistically significant (p