In Hysteroscopy, your surgeon or your gynecologist perform surgery with the help of various tools including a specialised of camera, it is called as endoscope or hysteroscope. The hysteroscope is used to look inside the Uterus. Your doctor, will examine full uterus cavity from inside with hysteroscope , if required he will take a biopsy of the endometrium for diagnosis. Sometimes with the help of hysteroscope, doctor can remove additional septum, can get rid fibroids during hysteroscopy. Hysteroscopy can determine the cause of excessive bleeding, can find blocked follopian tubes or adhesions inside uterus.
With this, doctors can detect and treat various conditions like uterine fibroids, tumors, boils, endometrial cancer, etc. Hysteroscopy is a safe method by which any problem of the Uterus can be detected, treated, and corrected.
What happens at the time of Hysteroscopy?
These surgeries are performed by giving local or general anesthesia. Sometimes surgery occurs without anesthesia, and the surgery is completed in only ten minutes. Before the endoscopy, the gynecologist would examine you then he will insert hysteroscope through Vagina into the Uterus. After this, co2 or some liquid will be inserted inside the Uterus so that the Uterus can be adequately seen. To remove polyps or small fibroids, the doctor may also use some more instruments. See your doctor for more questions or information.
What are the risks of Hysteroscopy?
It is not very common to have hazards during this surgery. It is safe procedure, and commonly performed as office or day care procedure
Some of the hazards that can occur in this surgery are:
How to prepare for Hysteroscopy?
Before surgery, tell the doctor about all your medicines, allergies, and health problems. Ask all your queries related to anaesthesia and sedation to your anaesthetist when he visits you.
If you are taking any medicine.
If you are allergic to any medicine
If you take coagulants to stop the bleeding.
If you take anticoagulants such as warfarin, aspirin.
If you have had an infection in Uterus or Vagina in the last six months.
If you have lung disease or heart disease.
Hysteroscopy should always be done during or just after periods
Do not use tempos or vaginal suppositories 24 hours before undergoing Hysteroscopy.
Before Hysteroscopy, you will be given a sedative or anxiolytics to relax.
What happens after Hysteroscopy?
You can go home after few hours of surgery. The doctor will brief you about Hysteroscopy findings and give detailed report at the end. Sometimes biopsy is send for diagnosis of various diseases of uterus. From the next day, you can do all the work. During this period, there may be slight pain in abdomen and some bleeding but that settles over next few days.