HYSTEROSCOPY

Hysteroscopy is the exam of the inside of the cervix and uterus using a thin, lighted, flexible tube called a hysteroscope. Your healthcare provider inserts the device through the vagina.

 Your provider may use hysteroscopy to:

 Take a tissue sample (biopsy)

• Remove polyps or fibroid tumors
• Prevent bleeding by destroying tissue using electric current, freezing, heat, or chemicals 

 Your provider may do hysteroscopy in his or her office or in an outpatient center. You may have local  anesthesia. Procedures that are more complex may be done in the operating room under local, regional, or general anesthesia.

INDICATIONS FOR HYSTEROSCOPY

You may need a hysteroscopy for:

•  Abnormal Pap test results
• Abnormal uterine bleeding
• Bleeding after menopause
• Diagnose the cause of infertility or repeated miscarriages
• Examine and remove uterine scarring, polyps, or fibroids
• Find and remove displaced IUDs (intrauterine devices)
• Place small birth control inserts into the fallopian tubes
• Removal of a small tissue sample (biopsy)
• Removal of endometrial lining