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Endometrial hyperplasia resected successfully using hysteroscopy: Total resection of the endomyometrium. (Gynecology).

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| March 15, 2002 | Boschert, Sherry | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SAN FRANCISCO -- Total resection of the endomyometrium via hysteroscopy in women with abnormal uterine bleeding effectively treated endometrial hyperplasia in a small study of 42 women, Dr. George A. Vilos said.

In a series of 2,052 diagnostic hysteroscopies for abnormal uterine bleeding between 1990 and 2000, 42 women whose endometrial biopsies showed questionable hyperplasia underwent hysteroscopic endomyometrial resection--25 with simple hyperplasia, 7 with complex hyperplasia, and 10 with atypical hyperplasia.

Most of the women were postmenopausal, and they tended to be on the heavy side, each with a body mass index above 30. "These are the typical people who develop hyperplasia," Dr. Vilos said at the annual meeting of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.

In follow-up of 1-9 years, one patient died of heart disease. Four patients underwent subsequent hysterectomy ...

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