Hysteroscopy Simplified by Masters

History and evolution of hysteroscopy.- Instrumentation in hysteroscopy.- Understanding energy sources in hysteroscopy.- Distension media and fluid management in hysteroscopy.- How to set-up hi-tech hysteroscopy unit.- Maintenance and sterilization of hysteroscopic instruments.- Office hysteroscopy.- Histology and hysteroscopic view of normal endometrium.- Abnormal endometrium and hysteroscopy.- Dating the endometrium through hysteroscopy without the need of biopsy.- Role of hysteroscopy in infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss.- Uterine malformations and role of hysteroscopy.- Endometrial polyp.- Submucous myoma and hysteroscopy.- The myoma psuedocapsule importance in myomectomy.- Adenomyoma and hysteroscopy.- Uterine synechiae and post of management.- Hysteroscopic diagnosis of endometrial tuberculosis.- Hysteroscopy in chronic endometritis.- Hysteroscopic retrieval of lost intrauterine devices & foreign bodies.- Hysteroscopic management of retained products of conception.- Hysteroscopy endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial malignancies.- Diagnosis and management of cesarean scar defect (isthemocele).- Hysteroscopic management of cervical ectopic pregnancy.- Hysteroscopy in post-menopausal group.- Complications of hysteroscopy and management.- Embryofetoscopy.- Vaginoscopy.- Pain management in office hysteroscopy.- Hysteroscopy facts and fiction.- Newer advances in hysteroscopy

The book covers all aspects of hysteroscopy, adenomyomas, diagnosis, management, fact and fiction, and related technological advances. It includes detailed descriptions of the history and evolution, instrumentation, and energy sources used in hysteroscopy. Further chapters cover the process of setting up hi-tech hysteroscopy units, and the maintenance and sterilization of all instruments used during surgery. The book also examines the role of hysteroscopy in infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, uterine malformations and endometrial polyps in detail. All chapters were written by respected international experts, and are richly illustrated with colour hysteroscopic images.

Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for all gynaecologists and graduate students.

Dr Sunita Tandulwadkar, MD (obstetrics & gynecology, FICS (gynec endoscopy), FICOG and diploma in endoscopy from Germany, presently working as Head of Department (obstetrics and gynecology), Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune and Chief of Ruby Hall IVF and Endoscopy Center. She is also the founder, director and medical advisor of Solo Stem Cells and Solo Clinic, Pune.

She is the president elect of the International Association of Gynecological Endoscopy (IAGE) - (2019-2020); chairperson and founder secretary of Maharashtra State Chapter of the Indian Society For Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) (2018-2020); and joint general secretary of ISAR (2018 - 2019). She was an elected board member of the International Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy (ISGE) - (2013 - 2017), and of the Academic Council of Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ICOG) (2014-2017). She was chairperson of the Infertility Committee of the Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India (FOGSI) - (2011 - 2013) and the west-zone vice president of FOGSI. She has published several books and contributed many book chapters. She is an active member of various national and international societies and committees. Dr Tandulwadkar also conducts workshops and trainings to help educate promising future doctors.

Bhaskar Pal MD, DGO, DNBE (obstetrics & gynecology), MRCOG (UK), FICOG, FRCOG (UK) has been a Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata for the past sixteen years. His area of interest is minimal access surgery. He has authored over 30 publications and book chapters and has co-edited four books.

Dr Pal was Vice President of the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) in 2017. He is currently the General Secretary of the Indian Association of Gynaecological Endoscopists (IAGE) and Chair of the India East International Representative Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London. He is the President Elect of the Bengal Obstetric and Gynaecological Society and was the Biostatistician for the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India.