Guest guest Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 My doctor has suggested diagnostic hysteroscopy (for reasons that make sense to me). He said it would be an in-hospital with general anesthesia procedure. Since this didn't correlate with what I had read about hysteroscopy - including in the very pamplet he gave me! - that diagnostic hysteroscopy may be an in-office procedure with local anesthesia, I asked why. He said that in his experience he couldn't get a good enough view with an office procedure, that the inflation necessary to hold the uterus open for a good view was too painful, and that, also, with general anesthesia, he could continue immediately with operative procedures like removing a polyp. While I understand this, I'm still not sure I agree with it. Have any of you had the in-office procedure with just local anesthesia? What was it like? Am I being reasonable or being paranoid in preferring diagnosis first, even if it means a second operative procedure later? I'm not sure I want to authorize my doctor to take whatever further steps he deems necessary without knowing what they will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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