Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, the Third Edition of Diagnostic and Operative Hysteroscopy provides a
comprehensive pictorial and textual guide to the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and clinical aspects of the uterus and
the latest diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy procedures. This edition features more than 1,300 illustrations뾬ver
900 in full color뾡epicting anatomy, pathology, instruments, and step-by-step operative techniques. New chapters cover
in-vitro fertilization, endometriosis, adenocarcinoma of the endometrium, effects of drugs on the uterus, hysteroscopy
in gynecologic malignancy and premalignancy, and uterine infections. Updated chapters include many new minimally
invasive operative procedures that can now be performed
Table fo Contents
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY
Embryology and Histology of the Uterus
Michael S. Baggish and Leslie B. Arey
Anatomy of the Uterus
Michael S. Baggish
Physiology of the Uterus and Cervix
Eric J. Bieber
In-Vitro Fertilization: Role of the Uterus
Michael D. Scheiber
Endometriosis and the Uterus
Shawky Z.A. Badawy and Steve Landas
Pathology of the Uterus
Nilsa C. Ramirez and W. Dwayne Lawrence
Adenocarcinoma of the Endometrium
Jack Basil
Effects of Drugs on the Uterus
Jonathan Emery and Tommaso Falcone
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND INSTRUMENTATION
Principles of the Endoscope
Jakob Kopp and Fred Gardner
Lasers and Electrosurgery in the Hysteroscopy
Robert D. Tucker and Michael S. Baggish
Instrumentation for Hysteroscopy
Michael S. Baggish and Hubert Guedj
Accessory Instruments for Operative Hysteroscopy
Rafael F. Valle and Michael S. Baggish
PREPARATION
Preparation of the Gynecologists to Perform Hysteroscopy
Michael S. Baggish and Rafael F. Valle
Care and Maintenance of Hysteroscopy
Elizabeth Berter, Nancy Heliman, Lori Kraft, and Mary Terrell
Anesthetic Implications of Hysteroscopy
Devanand Mangar and Enrico Camporesi
Distending Media for Panoramic Hysteroscopy
Michael S. Baggish
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
Office Hysteroscopy
Rafael F. Valle
Hysteroscopy and Hysterosalpingography
Jacques Barbot and Hubert Guedj
Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Uterus
Leeber Cohen
Hysteroscopic Image Recording
John L. Marlow
Embryoscopy
Michael S. Baggish and Jacques Barbot
Hysteroscopy for Abnormal Bleeding
Jacques Barbot, Hubert Guedj, and Michael S. Baggish
Hysteroscopy in Gynecologic Malignancy
Michael S. Baggish and Hubert Guedj
OPERATIVE HYSTEROSCOPY
General Aspects of Operative Hysteroscopy
Michael S. Baggish, Hubert Guedj, and Rafael F. Valle
Endometrial Ablation
Michael S. Baggish and Rafael F. Valle
Hysteroscopic Myomectomy
Rafael Valle and Michael S. Baggish
Minimally Invasive Non-Hysteroscopic Methods for Endometrial Ablation
Michael S. Baggish
Hysteroscopy for Infertility
Charles M. March
Hysteroscopic Sterilization
Rafael F. Valle
ISSUES IN PRACTICE
Complications of Hysteroscopic Surgery
Michael S. Baggish
Uterine Infections
Newton G. Obsborne
Medicolegal Issues
Michael S. Baggish, Michael J. Trentalange, and Mac A. Greco
ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM
Establishment of a Hysteroscopy Program
Michael S. Baggish