Endoscopy of the Uterus: With a Description of a Hysteroscope

Surgical Approach to Myomas: Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy

“…The next advancement in hysteroscopy occurred in 1926, when Seymour introduced a distally mounted light source and operating channels through which surgical instruments could be passed. 38,39 William Norment is credited with the performance of the first hysteroscopic myomectomy in 1957, employing an electrocautery resecting loop modified from the urologic resectoscope for use with the smaller hysteroscope. 40 He noted that "resection of these tumors of the uterine canal under direct vision is somewhat similar to the procedure of prostatic resection, although a resectoscope used for prostatic resection cannot be used for resection in the uterine canal."…”