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- Title
Polipectomía histeroscópica para el tratamiento del sangrado uterino anormal.
- Authors
Palacios-Barahona, Arlex U.; Angulo C, Mónica; de los Ríos P, José F; López R, Claudia; Cifuentes P, Carolina
- Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of the hysteroscopic polypectomy in terms of the decrease of the abnormal uterine bleeding. Methods: A cross-sectional and analytical study was done with patients to whom a hysteroscopic polypectomy was done for treating the abnormal uterine bleeding, between January 2009 and December 2013. The response to the treatment was evaluated via a survey given to the patients about the behavior of the abnormal uterine bleeding after the procedure and about overall satisfaction. Results: The results were obtained after a hysteroscopic polypectomy done to 128 patients and were as follows. The average time from the polypectomy applied until the survey was 30.5 months, with a standard deviation of 18 months. 67.2% of the patients reported decreased abnormal uterine bleeding and the 32.8% reported a persistence of symptoms. On average 82.8% of the patients were satisfied with the treatment. Bivariate and multivariate analysis showed no association between the variables studied and no improvement of abnormal uterine bleeding after surgery (polypectomy). There were no complications. Conclusion: Hysteroscopic polypectomy is a safe surgical treatment, which decreases on two of three patients the abnormal uterine bleeding in the presence of endometrial polyps, with an acceptable level of satisfaction.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; HYSTEROSCOPIC surgery; POLYPECTOMY; UTERINE hemorrhage treatment; ENDOMETRIAL tumors; POLYPS; MEDICAL research; SURGERY; TUMOR treatment
- Publication
Ginecología y Obstetricia de México, 2015, Vol 83, Issue 7, p422
- ISSN
0300-9041
- Publication type
Article