THE ROLE OF CONTACT HYSTEROSCOPY

Contact hysteroscopy has been replaced by a new technique based on the use of a special hysteroscope. The instrument was designed to study t he squamocolumnar junction and the lesions of the portio. A new techni que, endometrial dating, uses the Hamou hysteroscope to study endometr ial physiology. We improved endometrial dating and discovered a new pa ttern, the pseudofunctional dysvascular endometrium (PFDE), that seeme d to pertain to uterine bleeding. We also studied the PFDE syndrome in the presence of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. In this study we revi ewed the three procedures and assessed their results. We conclude that contact microhysteroscopy is a reliable diagnostic procedure, and sho uld be considered part oi diagnostic hysteroscopy, not an independent technique.