General anesthesia is a medicine that will make you unconscious during the procedure. A specially trained doctor called an anesthesiologist will give you this medicine. Your vaginal area will be cleaned with a special soap. Your provider will insert a tool called a speculum into your vagina. It is used to spread open your vaginal walls. Your provider will then insert the hysteroscope into the vagina and move it through your cervix and into your uterus. Your provider will inject a liquid or gas through the hysteroscope and into your uterus.
This helps expand the uterus so your provider can get a better view. Your provider will be able to see images of the uterus on a video screen.
Your provider may take a sample of tissue for testing biopsy. If you are having a uterine growth removed or another uterine treatment, your provider will insert tools through the hysteroscope to perform the treatment. Will I need to do anything to prepare for the test? Are there any risks to the test? What do the results mean? If your results were not normal, it may mean one of the following conditions: Fibroids, polyps, or other abnormal growths were found.
Your provider may be able to remove these growths during the procedure. He or she may also take a sample of the growths for further testing. Scar tissue was found in the uterus. This tissue may be removed during the procedure. The size or shape of the uterus did not look normal. Openings on one or both fallopian tubes are closed. If you have questions about your results, talk to your health care provider.
Is there anything else I need to know about a hysteroscopy? Washington D. Hysteroscopy; [cited May 26]; [about 3 screens]. Cleveland OH : Cleveland Clinic; c Hysteroscopy: Overview; [cited May 26]; [about 3 screens]. This is called a biopsy. Or the doctor may gently scrape tissue from the inner wall of the uterus.
If your doctor filled your uterus with liquid, most of it will flow out when the scope is removed. You will most likely go home the same day. And you will probably be able to go back to work the next day. But it depends on what was done and the type of work you do.
Hysteroscopy is usually done by your gynecologist in the operating room of a hospital or surgery center. You will probably go home the same day. In some cases, the procedure can be done in your doctor's office. You may be given medicine anesthesia to help you relax, to numb the area, or to help you sleep. You will take off all of your clothes and wear a gown for the test. You will empty your bladder before the test. You will then lie on your back on an examination table with your feet and legs supported by footrests.
Your doctor may place a lubricated tool called a speculum into your vagina. The speculum gently opens the vaginal walls so your doctor can see inside the vagina. The hysteroscope will be placed at the entrance to your vagina and gently moved through the cervix into your uterus.
Air or liquid will be put through the hysteroscope into your uterus. It helps your doctor see the lining clearly.
Your doctor looks through the hysteroscope at a magnified view of the lining of your uterus. Your doctor can also see the uterine openings of the fallopian tubes. A video screen may be used during the test. If a biopsy or other procedure is done, your doctor will use small tools through the hysteroscope. Right after the test, you will be taken to a recovery area where nurses will care for and observe you until you go home.
If you are given a sedative or local or regional anesthesia, you may have some cramping during the test. If you had general anesthesia, you will be asleep and won't feel pain during the procedure. If a fluid is used during the test to help your doctor see the uterine lining clearly, you may absorb some fluid and feel bloated. It may also change the level of sodium in your blood. If air is used, you have a small risk for an air bubble air embolism in a blood vessel, though this is very rare.
Hysteroscopy can cause injury to the uterus or cervix, an infection, or bleeding. In rare cases, the uterus, bladder, or bowel can be punctured during the test and require surgical repair.
If general anesthesia is used, there is a small risk of problems from the anesthesia. No polyps , fibroids , or other growths are present. In these cases you can take over the counter pain relief medication. It is also usual to have some vaginal bleeding for up to a week and some bloody discharge for longer periods.
Showering is okay. You should discuss with me if you have any questions before booking the surgery. You should consider all the alternatives and should be convinced that the benefits outweigh the risks before undergoing surgery. What if I am bleeding or having my period? Operative Hysteroscopy Many operations can be preformed using the hysteroscope.
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