Open AccessRole of Transvaginal Sonography and Diagnostic Hysteroscopy in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Author(s) -
Nirmala Shivalingaiah
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8813.5236
Subject(s) - medicine , hysteroscopy , uterine cavity , curettage , endometrial biopsy , radiology , biopsy , endometrium , cervix , hysterosalpingography , prospective cohort study , gynecology , metrorrhagia , products of conception , obstetrics , surgery , pregnancy , uterus , abortion , cancer , research methodology , population , genetics , environmental health , biology , family planning , infertility
: A prospective study was carried out in Department of Obstretics and Gynaecology in KIMS Hospital Bangalore, India, for a period of 18 mnth from 2005-2008. Sixty cases were selected for this study from patients who were above the age of 40 y and who were presented with a history of abnormal uterine bleeding (after excluding pregnancy and its complications, Patients with local causes of bleeding, patients with carcinoma cervix and PID). All women underwent transvaginal sonography and hysteroscopy. Dilatation and curettage was done in cases with abnormal endometrial findings and sample sent for histopathology examination. Performance of TVS pick up rate in relation to hysteroscopy were analysed by various statistical methods.