The use of Bettocchi type hysteroscope in office hysteroscopy

Aim: To evaluate clinical characteristics of 264 patients whom underwent 5 mm Bettocchi office hysteroscopy due to abnormal uterine bleeding, postmenapausal bleeding, infertility and measure diagnostic of transvaginal ultrasonography and successful rate and patient acceptance in office hysteroscopy. Methods: A retrospective cohort study on office hysteroscopy was performed. The medical records and patient files were detected in Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Educational Hospital between January 2012 and May. The data was analizied in computerised database with IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 programme. Results: Endometrial polyp was found to be the most frequent pathology in patients whom underwent office hysteroscopy. The rate was 50.8 %. The endometrial polyp and myoma sensitivity of office hysteroscopy were found 97.0 % and 83.9 % respectively. The duration of operation was 4.83 minutes. Only 1 out of 264 cases was a marked discomfort. The complication rate of procedures is 0.4 % and due to one perforation of uterus. Conclusion: Office hysteroscopy is a successful and well-tolerated procedure. Through adequate expertise, it should be considered the method of choice at the same time when exploration of the uterine cavity is needed. [Cukurova Med J 2014; 39(4.000): 765-771