The reason why general anesthesia is used for hysteroscopy is to ensure that the hysteroscopy is pain free and comfortable and also makes for a still experience for you as the patient, especially during longer or more complex operative hysteroscopy procedures.
General anesthesia is commonly used during a hysteroscopy, especially when removing large fibroids, polyps or managing of severe pain or when multiple procedures are performed.
Complex and longer hysteroscopy procedures like operative hysteroscopy, will necessitate a deeper level of anesthesia to remove large fibroids or polyps.
If you have general anesthesia you will be asleep during the entire hysteroscopy procedure and when you wake up you may feel some mild, abdominal pain or cramps.
At your pre-op appointment for your hysteroscopy, a medical history review as well as a physical and pelvic exam will be done and you may need to sign some finalizing consent forms to ensure that you're healthy enough for the hysteroscopy procedure.
Your doctor will also review any medication changes, especially if you're on blood thinners and discuss anesthesia with you and provide fasting instructions and have you arrange for a driver to drive you home from the hysteroscopy appointment.
At the pre-op appointment for the hysteroscopy, the doctor will review your medical history, including any possible allergies like iodine, latex, medications or bleeding disorders and do a pelvic exam or even a pregnancy test might be performed.
Your doctor may also give you some medicine to take before the hysteroscopy to help open your cervix and the medicine may be placed in your vagina or it might be taken as a pill.
The hysteroscopy process involves the surgeon passing the hysteroscope through your cervix, injecting liquid or gas to expand your uterus for better viewing.
Getting the biopsy results back from a hysteroscopy takes around 1 to 6 weeks.
Many people who have had a hysteroscopy get the biopsy results back from the hysteroscopy within 1 to 2 weeks.
Although it can sometimes take 4 to 6 weeks to get the results back from the laboratory analysis after a hysteroscopy.
The time it takes to get the biopsy results back after a hysteroscopy can also depend on the complexity of the sample of the biopsy and the specific laboratory's turnaround time.
Some results of a biopsy after a hysteroscopy are ready for the patient within a few days, but some biopsy results from the hysteroscopy takes 1 to 2 weeks and is common and some cases can take as long as 6 weeks.
Results of the biopsy after the hysteroscopy are often sent to your doctor, and your doctor will then contact you by phone or letter or a follow up appointment to let you know the results of the hysteroscopy biopsy.
The hysteroscopy takes around 15 minutes and is often done as a follow up if an ultrasound or a Pap test shows something unusual.
A hysteroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that allows doctors to examine and treat the inside of your uterus (womb) using a thin, lighted camera called a hysteroscope that is inserted through your cervix.
The hysteroscopy diagnoses and or treats issues like polyps, abnormal bleeding, fibroids, or adhesions and often takes a few minutes.
Most patients who have a hysteroscopy procedure done return to their normal activities within 1 to 2 days.
A hysteroscopy is both a diagnostic and operative tool and procedure.
The hysteroscopy is done to evaluate abnormal uterine bleeding, infertility, repeated miscarriages or abnormal Pap smear results.
And the hysteroscopy removes fibroids, polyps, intrauterine devices or IUDs or scar tissue and also performs endometrial ablation.
The hysteroscopy process involves the surgeon passing the hysteroscope through your cervix, injecting liquid or gas to expand your uterus for better viewing.
The hysteroscopy can be done in office with local anesthesia or in a surgical center under general anesthesia or regional anesthesia.