TY - JOUR
T1 - Hysteroscopy and removal of endometrial polyps: a Dutch survey
AU - Timmermans, Anne
AU - van Dongen, Heleen
AU - Mol, Ben Willem
AU - Veersema, Sebastiaan
AU - Jansen, Frank Willem
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current practice of Dutch gynecologists in polyp removal. STUDY DESIGN: All practicing gynecologists in The Netherlands in 2003 were surveyed by a mailed self-administered questionnaire about polypectomy. Gynecologists were asked about their individual performance of polypectomy: setting, form of anesthesia, method and instrument used. RESULTS: The response rate was 74% (553 of 752 gynecologists). Among the respondents, 455 (83%) stated that they removed polyps themselves. Polyps were most commonly removed in an inpatient setting (71%), under general or regional anesthesia (77%), and under direct hysteroscopic visualization (69%). Gynecologists working in a teaching hospital removed polyps more often in an outpatient setting compared to gynecologists working in a non-teaching hospital (93 (39%) versus 36 (19%) p <0.001). CONCLUSION: In the Netherlands, outpatient polyp removal is not practiced on a large scale. However, teaching hospitals are more often performing polypectomy in an outpatient setting. Therefore, we expect that there must be a tendency towards outpatient hysteroscopic removal of polyps for the future. Further research is required to assess the efficacy polyp removal
AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current practice of Dutch gynecologists in polyp removal. STUDY DESIGN: All practicing gynecologists in The Netherlands in 2003 were surveyed by a mailed self-administered questionnaire about polypectomy. Gynecologists were asked about their individual performance of polypectomy: setting, form of anesthesia, method and instrument used. RESULTS: The response rate was 74% (553 of 752 gynecologists). Among the respondents, 455 (83%) stated that they removed polyps themselves. Polyps were most commonly removed in an inpatient setting (71%), under general or regional anesthesia (77%), and under direct hysteroscopic visualization (69%). Gynecologists working in a teaching hospital removed polyps more often in an outpatient setting compared to gynecologists working in a non-teaching hospital (93 (39%) versus 36 (19%) p <0.001). CONCLUSION: In the Netherlands, outpatient polyp removal is not practiced on a large scale. However, teaching hospitals are more often performing polypectomy in an outpatient setting. Therefore, we expect that there must be a tendency towards outpatient hysteroscopic removal of polyps for the future. Further research is required to assess the efficacy polyp removal
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.05.016
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.05.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 17629392
SN - 0301-2115
VL - 138
SP - 76
EP - 79
JO - European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology
JF - European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology
IS - 1
ER -