Objective To compare the use of outpatient and inpatient procedures in the investigation of abnormal Design A randomised controlled trial.Setting Two university teaching hospitals.Participants Four hundred women with abnormal uterine bleeding (postmenopausal bleeding, menorrhagia, intermenstrual bleeding, postcoital bleeding, or irregular periods) above the age of 35 years, between June 1993 and January 1995.1. Incidence of detection of abnormal pathology by vaginal ultrasound, outpatient hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy compared with inpatient hysteroscopy and curettage; 2. Number of 'lesions' (e.g. fibroids, polyps, endometrial hyperplasia or malignancy) found by hysteroscopy that would have been missed by the combination of endometrial sampling and ultrasound; 3. Comparison of the quality of tissue obtained for histology by outpatient endometrial sampling and inpatient curettage; and 4. An evaluation of patient acceptability of outpatient and inpatient procedures.
Objective To compare the use of outpatient and inpatient procedures in the investigation of abnormal Design A randomised controlled trial.Setting Two university teaching hospitals.Participants Four hundred women with abnormal uterine bleeding (postmenopausal bleeding, menorrhagia, intermenstrual bleeding, postcoital bleeding, or irregular periods) above the age of 35 years, between June 1993 and January 1995.1. Incidence of detection of abnormal pathology by vaginal ultrasound, outpatient hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy compared with inpatient hysteroscopy and curettage; 2. Number of 'lesions' (e.g. fibroids, polyps, endometrial hyperplasia or malignancy) found by hysteroscopy that would have been missed by the combination of endometrial sampling and ultrasound; 3. Comparison of the quality of tissue obtained for histology by outpatient endometrial sampling and inpatient curettage; and 4. An evaluation of patient acceptability of outpatient and inpatient procedures.
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