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A false passage created during hysteroscopy
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (2007) 14, 143
Images in endoscopy
A false passage created during hysteroscopy Atul Kumar, MS, and Alka Kumar, MS From the Women’s Health Centre, Hysteroscopic Surgery Division, Jaipur, India (both authors).
Figure 1 Endometrial flap separates false passage from actual uterine cavity.
A false passage was accidentally created in the anterior uterine wall during the course of carbon dioxide hysteroscopy being performed in a case of infertility. The The authors have no commercial, proprietary, or financial interest in the products or companies described in this article. Corresponding author: Dr. Atul Kumar, MS, Women’s Health Centre, Hysteroscopic Surgery Division, 11 Rathore Nagar, Queens Road, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur 302 021, India. E-mail: [email protected] Submitted July 26, 2006. Accepted for publication September 2, 2006.
1553-4650/$ -see front matter © 2007 AAGL. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2006.09.001
Figure 2
Hysteroscopy concluded after accidental trauma.
false passage was immediately recognized by the characteristic appearance of the circular myometrial fibers and nonvisualization of any endometrial gland opening. While the hysteroscope was being withdrawn, 2 distinct openings were seen located above and below a horizontal band. On closer inspection, the upper opening is seen leading to the false cavity, whereas the lower opening led to the actual uterine cavity (Figure 1). The hysteroscope was reinserted through the lower opening, and the diagnostic hysteroscopy was successfully concluded (Figure 2). The postoperative period was uneventful.
Images in endoscopy
A false passage created during hysteroscopy Atul Kumar, MS, and Alka Kumar, MS From the Women’s Health Centre, Hysteroscopic Surgery Division, Jaipur, India (both authors).
Figure 1 Endometrial flap separates false passage from actual uterine cavity.
A false passage was accidentally created in the anterior uterine wall during the course of carbon dioxide hysteroscopy being performed in a case of infertility. The The authors have no commercial, proprietary, or financial interest in the products or companies described in this article. Corresponding author: Dr. Atul Kumar, MS, Women’s Health Centre, Hysteroscopic Surgery Division, 11 Rathore Nagar, Queens Road, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur 302 021, India. E-mail: [email protected] Submitted July 26, 2006. Accepted for publication September 2, 2006.
1553-4650/$ -see front matter © 2007 AAGL. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2006.09.001
Figure 2
Hysteroscopy concluded after accidental trauma.
false passage was immediately recognized by the characteristic appearance of the circular myometrial fibers and nonvisualization of any endometrial gland opening. While the hysteroscope was being withdrawn, 2 distinct openings were seen located above and below a horizontal band. On closer inspection, the upper opening is seen leading to the false cavity, whereas the lower opening led to the actual uterine cavity (Figure 1). The hysteroscope was reinserted through the lower opening, and the diagnostic hysteroscopy was successfully concluded (Figure 2). The postoperative period was uneventful.