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A new hysteroscopic operating technique was compared retrospectively with conventional resectoscopy.

Retrospective comparison (Canadian Task Force Classification II-2).

Gynecology department of a university-affiliated teaching hospital.

Fifty-five women, 27 with endometrial polyps and 28 with submucous myomas.

Patients were treated with a prototype of the Intra Uterine Morcellator (IUM). This cutting device, 35 cm in length, was inserted into a straight working channel of a 90-mm hysteroscope.

The major advantages were ease of removal of tissue fragments through the instrument and the use of saline solution instead of electrolyte-free solutions used in monopolar high-frequency resectoscopy. The mean operating time was 8.7 minutes (95% CI: 7.3–10.1) for the removal of endometrial polyps …