OPERATIVE HYSTEROSCOPY - AMERICAN-ASSOCIATION-OF-GYNECOLOGIC-LAPAROSCOPISTS 1993 MEMBERSHIP SURVEY

The 1993 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' membershi p survey on operative hysteroscopy had 713 respondents reporting 14,70 7 procedures. Directed biopsy and endometrial ablation were the most c ommonly reported. The majority of operative hysteroscopies were perfor med for a complaint of abnormal bleeding (78%). The most frequent repo rted complication was uterine perforation not requiring transfusion (1 4.2/1000 procedures). The rates of water intoxication and pulmonary ed ema stayed essentially unchanged from 1991:2/1000 in 1993 compared wit h 1.4/1000 in 1991. No deaths were reported this year. The consistency in rates of procedures performed and complications within the three s urveys conducted in 1988, 1991, and 1993 add credibility to the data f rom these retrospective studies.