What is it used for?
A hysteroscopy is most often used to:
Diagnose the cause of abnormal bleeding
Help find the cause of infertility, the inability to get pregnant after at least a year of trying
Find the cause of repeated miscarriages (more than two miscarriages in a row)
Find and remove fibroids and polyps. These are types of abnormal growths in the uterus. They are usually not cancerous.
Remove scar tissue from the uterus
Remove an intrauterine device (IUD), a small, plastic device placed inside the uterus to prevent pregnancy
Perform a biopsy. A biopsy is a procedure that removes a small sample of tissue for testing.
Implant a permanent birth control device into the fallopian tubes. Fallopian tubes carry eggs from the ovaries into the uterus during ovulation (the release of an egg during the menstrual cycle).
