It is used to diagnose abnormal uterine bleeding, repetitive pregnancy loss, or as a part of an infertility evaluation. Diagnostic hysteroscopy is performed as an office procedure with local anesthetic. Operative procedures involving removal of benign intrauterine tumors, polyps, scar tissue, and other problematic conditions are performed on an outpatient basis in the hospital with general anesthetic. Endometrial ablation is a special operative hysterectomy for many patients. This is another area of highly specialized care available through our office.
Laser surgery is frequently helpful with infertility problems.
It may be used in microsurgery for destruction of adhesions or scar tissue, or removal of endometriosis. It may also be used as the special technique of laser laparoscopy, a procedure that can frequently benefit patients with scar tissue or endometriosis, and can be performed on an outpatient basis. The coculture of sperm and oocytes in a laboratory dish with the intention of producing embryos, received its debut in 1978 with the birth of Louise Brown. This technique was designed to help women with damaged fallopian tubes conceive. Over the last 18 years, a number of different assistive reproductive technologies have been developed to overcome a variety of reproductive problems.