Background: Small-diameter operative hysteroscopes may allow to perform operative hysteroscopy without general anesthesia in selected patients. One of these instruments is the tissue removal device (TRD), which resects and removes intrauterine pathology such as endometrial polyps and retained products of conception (RPOC) with a diameter of ¬6 mm. Objective: To assess the success rate and intraoperative pain of patients undergoing operative hysteroscopy without anesthesia with the TRD (TruClear Elite Mini-Hysteroscope) for removal of endometrial polyps or RPOC. Methods: Prospective observational study. Participation in the study was offered to patients diagnosed with uterine polyps or RPOC on office diagnostic hysteroscopy. The patients filled out a digital questionnaire before and after the operation. A successful procedure was defined as complete hysteroscopic removal of the uterine pathology using the TruClear system. Oral 400 mcg misoprostol 12 hours before the procedure was prescribed for cervical ripening.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
70
Surgical hysteroscopy without anaesthesia for removal of uterine polyp / retained products of conception.
Shamir medical center
Zrifin, Israel
Procedure completed successfully
Was the procedure completed - yes/no
Time frame: Immediately after procedure
Prevalence of VAS (pain scale) > 5 during procedure
VAS (Visual analogue scale 0-10, most painful 10) grading by the patient
Time frame: Immediately after procedure
Prevalence of VAS (pain scale) > 5, five minutes after procedure
VAS (Visual analogue scale 0-10, most painful 10) grading by the patient
Time frame: 5 minutes after procedure
Acceptable procedure by the patient
Was the procedure acceptable by the patient (1-4 when 1 is most acceptable)
Time frame: 5 minutes after procedure
Recommended procedure by the patient
Would the patient recommend her acquittance the procedure in this outline (1-5, most recommended 5) aquitance (1-5)
Time frame: 5 minutes after procedure
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