Hysteroscopy : proceedings of the first European Symposium on Hysteroscopy, A.Z. Jan Palfijn O.C.M.W., Antwerp, Belgium, September 2-3, 1982

Because of increasing worldwide interest in the subject, a decision was made to coordinate the papers presented at the First European Symposium on Hysteroscopy, held in Antwerp, Belgium, in September 1982, into a text on hysteroscopy, including its indications, techniques, and complications. The Organising Committee called on Dr. Louis G. Keith of Northwestern University, Chicago, illinois USA, to edit all of the papers and to prepare them for publication as a multi-author textbook rather than as a haphazard collection of the proceedings of a meeting. Dr. Keith also supervised the many details of preparing the manuscript for publication, including the task of copy editing. The speakers at the Symposium were all eminent European hysteroscopists; the most up-to-date information was presented, assuring the current nature of the scientific data. By way of introduction (Part I), a historical survey of the development of hysteroscopy is presented. The material is then divided into several parts. Part II concerns the technical aspects of hysteroscopy. Part m includes the different clinical applications of hysteroscopy. Part IV concerns special applications of hysteroscopy, and the Conclusion (Part V) contains the remarks of two distinguished American guests. Dr. Alvin M. Siegler presented a special lecture on Jan Palfijn (Chapter 29), and Dr. Louis G. Keith was asked to discuss the relationship between art and medicine at a banquet at the Rubens Mansion in Antwerp (Chapter 30). Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Historical Aspects....Pages 3-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 The Choice of Distention Medium in Hysteroscopy....Pages 11-18 The Effect of Carbon Dioxide During Hysteroscopy....Pages 19-27 Liquid Distention Media....Pages 29-32 Cervical Dilation with Lamicel Prior to Hysteroscopy....Pages 33-37 Endoscopic Instruments for Hysteroscopy....Pages 39-48 Photographic Documentation of Hysteroscopy....Pages 49-54 Microcolpohysteroscopy....Pages 55-67 Choice of Anaesthesia....Pages 69-73 Risks and Complications of Hysteroscopy....Pages 75-80 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Diagnostic Panoramic Hysteroscopy....Pages 83-94 Hysteroscopy as a Routine Clinical Method....Pages 95-100 Hysteroscopic Evaluation of Hormonal Influence on the Endometrium....Pages 101-113 Hysteroscopy in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding....Pages 115-120 Investigation of Patients with Postmenopausal Bleeding....Pages 121-128 Hysteroscopic Evaluation of Precancerous Endometrial Lesions....Pages 129-132 Hysteroscopy in a Case of Hydatidiform Mole....Pages 133-135 P-Block as a Contraceptive Method....Pages 137-141 Hysteroscopy in Subfertility....Pages 143-150 Microhysteroscopy and Infertility....Pages 151-154 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Carbon Dioxide Hysteroscopy Prior to Tubal Microsurgery....Pages 155-158 Hysteroscopy in Diagnosis and Treatment of a Case of Endometrial Ossification....Pages 159-163 Hysteroscopic Surgery....Pages 165-173 Carbon Dioxide Hysteroscopy Immediately after Second-Trimester Pregnancy Termination....Pages 175-183 Diagnosis and Treatment of Complications of Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices....Pages 185-190 Transcervical Hysteroscopic Sterilisation....Pages 191-199 Front Matter....Pages 201-201 Hysteroscopy vs Hysterography....Pages 203-210 Physiology of Sperm Migration and its Importance in the Methodology of Artificial Insemination with Special Reference to Hysteroscopy....Pages 211-216 Front Matter....Pages 217-218 Jan Palfijn Lecture and Comments on the Symposium....Pages 219-226 The Relationship Between Art and Medicine....Pages 227-230 Back Matter....Pages 231-233