Hysteroscopy

Hysteroscopy is a procedure that can be used to both diagnose and treat causes of abnormal bleeding. The procedure allows your doctor to look inside your uterus with a tool called a hysteroscope.

This is a thin, lighted tube that is inserted into the vagina to examine the cervix and inside of the uterus. Hysteroscopy can be a part of the diagnosis process (used to diagnose a problem in the uterus) or an operative procedure (used to correct an abnormal condition that has been detected during a diagnostic hysteroscopy).

When is operative hysteroscopy used? Your doctor may perform hysteroscopy to correct the following uterine conditions:

Hysteroscopy is used to remove these non-cancerous growths found in the uterus.

Also known as Asherman’s Syndrome, uterine adhesions are bands of scar tissue that can form in the uterus and may lead to changes in menstrual flow as well as infertility. Hysteroscopy can help your doctor locate and remove the adhesions.

Hysteroscopy can help determine whether you have a uterine septum, a malformation (defect) of the uterus that is present from birth.

Hysteroscopy can help identify the cause of heavy or lengthy menstrual flow, as well as bleeding between periods or after menopause. Endometrial ablation is one procedure in which the hysteroscope, along with other instruments, is used to destroy the uterine lining in order to treat some causes of heavy bleeding.

Dr Wynand E. van Tonder

Specialist Obstetrician Gynaecologist 
Sub-specialist Reproductive Medicine

MB ChB (Stell) | FCOG (SA) | MMed O&G (UFS) | MRep Med (Valencia Spain) | MGyn Endo Surg (AITAS) | Minimally Invasive Gynaecological Surgeon (GESEA)

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Hysteroscopy

Hysteroscopy is a procedure that can be used to both diagnose and treat causes of abnormal bleeding. The procedure allows your doctor to look inside your uterus with a tool called a hysteroscope.

This is a thin, lighted tube that is inserted into the vagina to examine the cervix and inside of the uterus. Hysteroscopy can be a part of the diagnosis process (used to diagnose a problem in the uterus) or an operative procedure (used to correct an abnormal condition that has been detected during a diagnostic hysteroscopy).

When is operative hysteroscopy used? Your doctor may perform hysteroscopy to correct the following uterine conditions:

Hysteroscopy is used to remove these non-cancerous growths found in the uterus.

Also known as Asherman’s Syndrome, uterine adhesions are bands of scar tissue that can form in the uterus and may lead to changes in menstrual flow as well as infertility. Hysteroscopy can help your doctor locate and remove the adhesions.

Hysteroscopy can help determine whether you have a uterine septum, a malformation (defect) of the uterus that is present from birth.

Hysteroscopy can help identify the cause of heavy or lengthy menstrual flow, as well as bleeding between periods or after menopause. Endometrial ablation is one procedure in which the hysteroscope, along with other instruments, is used to destroy the uterine lining in order to treat some causes of heavy bleeding.