The role of Pipelle® Mark II sampling in endometrial disease diagnosis

Comparison of tissue adequacy for histologic examination from Ipas MVA plus and Wallach Endocell in women with abnormal uterine bleeding

“…Our 86% tissue adequacy by Wallach Endocell was slightly lower than previous studies, which reported 86–98% tissue adequacy from the Pipelle cannula or the Endocell . The difference might lie partly on the characteristics of women included, the operator's level of experience, and the use of sedation.…”

“…These factors include cervical anatomy that affects ease or difficulty leading to pain or discomfort during insertion of the cannula into uterine cavity; uterine cavity anatomy, which may be distorted from mass effect; small focal lesion or atrophic change in menopausal age group; nature or consistency of the lesion; and experience or technique of the operator. 23,24 Our 86% tissue adequacy by Wallach Endocell was slightly lower than previous studies, which reported 86-98% tissue adequacy from the Pipelle cannula 25,26 or the Endocell. 14 The difference might lie partly on the characteristics of women included, the operator's level of experience, and the use of sedation.…”

Accuracy of the Wallach Endocell endometrial cell sampler in diagnosing endometrial carcinoma and hyperplasia

“…Samples from endometrial sampling were inadequate in 14.36% of patients; previous studies showed a rate of 9.4–27.3% 3,8,10,20–22 . In this group, subsequent curettage provided adequate tissue and additional pathologic reports were obtained in 18 of 29 cases.…”

Accuracy of endometrial sampling compared to conventional dilatation and curettage in women with abnormal uterine bleeding

“…Conventional dilatation and curettage (D&C) is an invasive inpatient procedure performed under general anesthesia. Endometrial aspiration cytology and endometrial brush cytology are used as outpatient non-invasive methods, which give adequate endometrial samples in 98 % of cases and the probability of getting an adequate sample increases when central endometrial thickness is more than 5 mm [13,14], this is why patients with endometrial thickness \4 mm were excluded from this study, also, in this study, the samples obtained by Tao Brush were adequate for histopathological examination in 98.2 %.…”