Services - Office Hysteroscopy

Las Colinas ObGyn performs both diagnostic and therapeutic office hysteroscopy.

Office hysteroscopy is used to evaluate patients with abnormal uterine bleeding resistant to medical management or to perform a panoramic visualization of the uterine cavity.

With the patient in dorsal lithotomy position, the cervix is visualized with the help of a speculum and washed with a prep solution. The hysteroscope, usually held in place by a tenaculum, is introduced under direct vision into the cervix, and a paracervical and intracervical block administered if necessary. Occasionally a small dilator may be used to probe the canal. The hysteroscope is used to identify polyps and fibroids and to biopsy specific areas of abnormality.

The entire procedure takes less than 15 minutes. Generally, the most uncomfortable part of the process for the patient is the biopsy rather than the hysteroscopy itself.