Extent of Myometrial Resection With Various Surgical Methods for Endometrial Polypectomy Procedures.

OBJECTIVE

To assess whether the frequency and extent of myometrial resection differs among surgical methods commonly used for endometrial polypectomy.

METHODS

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of pathology samples from polypectomy procedures performed on patients 18-50 years of age. Samples were reevaluated by a blinded pathologist to assess the following primary outcome measures: presence and percentage of myometrium on the pathology sample, prevalence of isolated myometrium, and depth of myometrial resection. Data were evaluated using Fisher exact test and Kruskal-Wallis test, followed by multiple comparisons analysis. To maintain a familywise error rate of 5% across all four primary analyses, the Bonferroni correction method was applied.

RESULTS

Of 458 pathology samples, 21.8% were obtained using hysteroscopic morcellators, 11.1% were obtained with hysteroscopic scissors, and 67.0% were obtained with hysteroscopy with dilation and curettage (D&C). Hysteroscopic morcellation demonstrated a higher prevalence of myometrium (58.0% vs 9.8% and 15.3%, for hysteroscopic scissors and hysteroscopy with D&C, respectively; P<.001), a larger percentage of pathology samples with more than 25% myometrium (26.0% vs 4.0% and 0.6%, respectively; P<.001), and a higher prevalence of isolated myometrium compared with hysteroscopy with D&C (11.0% vs 0.7%; P<.001).

CONCLUSION

The presence and proportion of myometrium in polypectomy samples obtained using hysteroscopic morcellators was significantly higher compared with hysteroscopic scissors and hysteroscopy with D&C.