In our book "Ambulatory Hysteroscopy: diagnosis and treatment" we, Stefano Bettocchi, Rafael Valle and myself, have described the possibilities of the hysteroscopy on an ambulatory basis. The Book is published by Bladon Medical Publishing, Oxford UK, John Harrison publisher ISBN 1-904218-12-1'As a gynecologist who has been in the field of hysteroscopy from its infancy 30 years ago, I congratulate both the editors and publisher for a very high-quality, unique, scholarly and contemporary scientific publication on ambulatory hysteroscopy'John J. Sciarra MD, Thomas J.Watkins Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Northwestern University Medical School and Former President, International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy.

Omdat een groot aantal patiënten hun orale anticonceptiva niet wenst door te nemen gedurende gans de fertiele periode blijft een definitieve mechanische contraceptie een belangrijk alternatief.Laparoscopie, zelfs onder locale verdoving, is een zeer agressieve methode, die een toegangsweg nodig heeft naar het abdomen, een insnede en dus een litteken. Daarom is men op zoek gegaan naar alternatieve methoden.

Evidence Based Comparison Between the different diagnostic techniques for the diagnosis of the cervix and the uterine cavity. The knowledge of the anatomical condition and the functional condition of the cervix and the uterine cavity is of utmost importance before starting a treatment.

Most complications occur in operative hysteroscopy. Here we have to introduce a large barrel hysteroscope unlike in diagnostic hysteroscopy where we use the small barrel hysteroscope of less than 5 mm diameter.