Gynaecological
Procedures	
  
Khalid Sait FRCSC
Professor
Faculty of Medicine
King Abdulaziz University	
  
THIN	
  PREP	
  	
  Liquid	
  based	
  cytology	
  
Colposcope	
  
•  Op:cs	
  
•  Binocular	
  
•  Focal	
  length	
  :	
  300	
  mm	
  
•  Magnifica:on	
  :	
  7.5	
  x	
  15	
  x	
  30	
  x	
  (	
  typically	
  )	
  
•  Green	
  Filter	
  
•  Light	
  source	
  
•  Teaching	
  aid	
  
•  Camera	
  
Cusco Vaginal
Speculum	
  
	
  	
  
	
  
Collin Vaginal
Speculum	
  
	
  	
  
	
  
Kevorkian-Younge Biopsy Punch	
  
	
  	
  
	
  
Detailed	
  Colposcopic	
  Exam.	
  
•  Original	
  squamocolumnar	
  junc:on	
  
•  Present	
  squamocolumnar	
  junc:on	
  
•  Transforma)on	
  zone	
  
•  Endocervical	
  canal	
  
"   IS COLPOSCOPY SATISFACTORY ?
	
  
a	
  grape-­‐like	
  or	
  
"sea-­‐anemone"	
  
•  If	
  abn.	
  Epith.	
  has	
  
no	
  stromal	
  
papillae	
  it	
  will	
  
appear	
  only	
  white	
  
"  Arrangement	
  of	
  
terminal	
  	
  vessels	
  in	
  
the	
  stroma	
  
underlying	
  the	
  sq.	
  
epith	
  .	
  
Abnormal	
  vessels	
  
•  When	
  the	
  stroma	
  and	
  
accompanied	
  capillaries	
  
are	
  pressed	
  between	
  
islands	
  of	
  sq	
  .	
  Epith.	
  in	
  
con:nuous	
  fasion,	
  a	
  
cobblestone	
  or	
  chicken–
wire	
  pa[ern	
  called	
  mosaic	
  
is	
  appeared.	
  	
  
Abnormal	
  vessels	
  
"  Puncta:on	
  
reflect	
  the	
  
capillaries	
  in	
  
stromal	
  papillae	
  
that	
  are	
  seen	
  end-­‐
on	
  and	
  penetrate	
  
the	
  epith.	
  
The	
  Uterus	
  
Transvaginal	
  Ultrasound	
  
SonoHysterography	
  
Saline	
  Infusion	
  Sonography	
  (SIS)	
  
MRI	
  
•  Map	
  mul:ple	
  large	
  fibroids/complex	
  cases	
  
•  Assess	
  congenital	
  uterine	
  abnormali:es	
  
•  Post-­‐opera:vely	
  
•  Not	
  useful	
  in	
  synechiae,	
  small	
  lesions	
  
HYSTEROSCOPY	
  
•  Is	
  the	
  ‘Gold	
  Standard’	
  in	
  assessing	
  the	
  
endometrium	
  
•  Makes	
  see-­‐and-­‐treat	
  hysteroscopy	
  possible	
  
•  Is	
  the	
  treatment	
  of	
  choice	
  where	
  fer:lity	
  
needs	
  to	
  be	
  preserved	
  or	
  enhanced	
  
Outpa:ent	
  Hysteroscopy	
  
Diagnos:c	
  Hysteroscopy	
  
OPERATIVE	
  HYSTEROSCOPY	
  
Opera:ve	
  Hysteroscopy	
  
•  Indica:ons	
  
– Removal	
  of	
  Fibroids	
  
– Removal	
  of	
  Polyps	
  
– Endometrium	
  abla:on/
resec:on	
  
– Synechiae	
  division	
  
– Uterine	
  septa	
  transec:on	
  
Opera:ve	
  Hysteroscopy	
  
•  Removal	
  of	
  the	
  endometrium	
  without	
  
hysterectomy	
  (FEATS)	
  
	
  
–  Laser	
  –	
  Goldrath	
  et	
  al,	
  1981,	
  AMJOG	
  	
  
–  TCRE	
  –	
  DeCherney	
  et	
  al,	
  1983,	
  Obstet	
  Gynecol	
  
–  Rollerball	
  –	
  Vaincaille	
  TG,	
  1987,	
  Obstet	
  Gynecol	
  
	
  
	
  
D&C	
  
Hysterectomy	
  
	
  
Second	
  Genera:on	
  Endometrial	
  
Abla:on	
  Devices	
  (SEATs)	
  
•  Thermal	
  Balloon	
  –	
  ThermaChoice,	
  Cavatherm,	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
  Menotreat	
  
•  Free	
  Circula:ng	
  -­‐	
  HydroTherm	
  Abla:on	
  
•  Bipolar	
  Electrosurgery-­‐	
  Novasure	
  
•  Microwave	
  Abla:on	
  -­‐	
  MEA	
  
•  HerOp:on	
  –	
  Cryogen	
  
•  Vesta	
  Radioabla:on	
  
•  Laser	
  –	
  ELITT	
  
Hysteroscopic Sterilisation
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