Harry Reich, MD, FACOG, FRCOG, FACS is known worldwide as a pioneer in the field of laparoscopic surgery. He performed the first laparoscopic hysterectomy, the first pelvic lymphadenectomy for cancer, and the first excision of cul-de-sac en…
Endometrial ablation, first reported in the 19th century, has gained wide acceptance in the gynecologic community as an important tool for the management of abnormal uterine bleeding when medical management has been unsuccessful or contrain…
BackgroundMany women have undergone both resectoscopic and nonresectoscopic (or global) endometrial ablation (EA) during the past 20 years. These women are now approaching their sixth and seventh decades of life, a time frame in which endom…
Endometrial ablation and hysteroscopic myomectomy and polypectomy are having an increasing impact on the care of women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). The complications of these procedures include the late onset of recurrent vaginal b…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of hysteroscopic endomyometrial resection in treating women with intractable uterine bleeding. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was carried out on 304 women with intractable uterine bleeding treated bet…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety and efficacy of reoperative hysteroscopic surgery for women who fail endometrial ablation and resection. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review and follow-up (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). …
Thirty-five patients with menorrhagia and a normal uterine cavity underwent hysteroscopic endomyometrial resection. None underwent any form of medical or surgical preparation of the endometrium. A standard gynecologic resectoscope was used …