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Interventional Diagnostics Before Hysterectomy

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Hysteroscopy has become the “gold standard” in the study of the endometrial cavity. To day we are able in an office setting to reach a diagnosis for all endometrial pathology. In this chapter we will review the indications and limitations of diagnostic hysteroscopy prior to hysterectomy.

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  1. Head of the Hysteroscopy Unit, Del Mar University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Sergio Haimovich MD, PhD

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  1. Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Ibrahim Alkatout

  2. Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Liselotte Mettler

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Haimovich, S. (2018). Interventional Diagnostics Before Hysterectomy. In: Alkatout, I., Mettler, L. (eds) Hysterectomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22497-8_8

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