Use of contact hysteroscopy in evaluating postpartum bleeding and incomplete abortion.

Contact hysteroscopy is a new endoscopic technique that allows direct visual examination of the uterine cavity. Such direct visualization has several potential advantages, including localization of pathology, determination of the adequacy of dilatation and curettage and of biopsy, and precise diagnosis of uterine anomalies. Contact hysteroscopy was used to examine 95 patients with postabortal or postpartum bleeding. The technique was judged successful from the standpoint of technical simplicity, diagnostic accuracy and absence of complications.