Handbook of Outpatient Hysteroscopy: A Complete Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy (Hodder Arnold Publication)

Many benign gynaecological conditions can now be safely diagnosed, investigated and managed in the outpatient or'office'setting. Handbook of Outpatient Hysteroscopy is a concise, highly practical, guide to modern practice, concentrating not simply on the surgical interventions in an ambulatory one-stop'see and treat'setting, but providing clear Book title......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Abbreviations......Page 16 Colour Plates......Page 98 Part 1 Fundamentals of outpatient hysteroscopy......Page 18 1 Normal anatomy and physiology of the uterus......Page 20 2 Setting up an outpatient hysteroscopy ‘diagnosis and treatment’ service......Page 33 3 Instrumentation and decontamination......Page 50 4 Outpatient hysteroscopy: how to do it successfully......Page 70 5 Diagnostic hysteroscopy......Page 108 Part 2 Common presentations in outpatient hysteroscopy......Page 122 6 Postmenopausal bleeding......Page 124 7 Endometrial hyperplasia......Page 133 8 Hormone replacement therapy......Page 141 9 Tamoxifen......Page 150 10 Excessive menstrual bleeding......Page 155 11 Intermenstrual and postcoital bleeding, abnormal cervical smears and vulvovaginal disorders......Page 163 Part 3 Operative outpatient hysteroscopy......Page 172 12 Combating anxiety and pain......Page 174 13 Mirena (levonorgestrel intrauterine system)......Page 188 14 Bipolar intrauterine electrosurgery......Page 195 15 Endometrial polyps......Page 205 16 Submucous (intracavity) fibroids......Page 220 17 Outpatient endometrial ablation......Page 232 18 Subfertility and miscarriage......Page 256 19 Fertility control......Page 271 20 Training, safety and medicolegal issues......Page 293 A......Page 302 C......Page 303 E......Page 305 F......Page 306 H......Page 307 I......Page 308 M......Page 309 O......Page 310 P......Page 311 R......Page 312 S......Page 313 U......Page 314 V......Page 315 X......Page 316 "The first of its kind in this rapidly developing area, Handbook of Outpatient Hysteroscopy provides a practical reference for those setting up a hysteroscopy service, and for all trainees in gynaecology who will encounter the procedure during training. It will be a valuable resource for gynaecologists in training and in practice, plus primary care physicians with an interest in gynaecology, community gynaecologists and nurse hysteroscopists."--BOOK JACKET Provides a practical reference for those setting up a hysteroscopy service, and for trainees in gynaecology who encounter the procedure during training. This book considers the conditions in gynaecology with which patients present in the clinic or outpatient department - abnormal bleeding problems, HRT/menopause related problems, and others.