Table 3 Office hysteroscopic findings
From: Reliability of out-patient hysteroscopy in one-stop clinic for abnormal uterine bleeding
Global | 35–40 | 40 or more | Menopausal | Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appearance | |||||
Atrophic | 2% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 3.6% | 0.64 |
Normal | 58.3% | 66% | 59% | 43.6% | 0.02 |
Thick | 32.5% | 30% | 33% | 36.4% | 0.62 |
Plypoid | 4.4% | 2.9% | 5.3% | 3.6% | 0.67 |
Suspecious | 2.7% | 0% | 0.6% | 13% | 0.000 |
Vasculature | |||||
Normal | 24% | 21% | 25% | 22% | 0.76 |
Congestion | 41% | 47% | 37% | 47% | 0.22 |
Petechiae and Ecchymosis | 29% | 30% | 33.5% | 16% | 0.052 |
Abnormalvessles | 5.4% | 1.4% | 4.1% | 15% | 0.003 |
Polyp | 15% | 5.7% | 14% | 29% | 0.001 |
Submucous myomas | 13% | 5.7% | 16% | 12.7% | 0.1 |
Either | 25% | 11.4% | 26% | 40% | 0.001 |
Abnormal hysteroscopy | 55% | 39% | 56% | 71% | 0.001 |
Blood clots | 17.3% | 24.3% | 14% | 18% | 0.163 |
Adhesions | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.7% | 1.8% | 0.56 |
Access to tubal ostia | |||||
Both | 77.3% | 87% | 76.5% | 67.3% | 0.097 |
One | 10.5% | 7.1% | 11.1% | 12.75 | 0.097 |
Neither | 12.2% | 5.7% | 12.4% | 20% | 0.097 |
Fluid volume (cc) | 311 (115) | 309 (133) | 309 (107) | 320 (116) | 0.828 |