Type of procedure
The majority of the procedures (3193, 76%) were recorded as diagnostic
(Table 1). Hysteroscopic polypectomy was the most common operative
procedure representing 713/1258, 57% of such procedures. Where more
than one type of procedure was undertaken, the procedure was categorised
according to the following hierarchy: endometrial
ablation>myomectomy>polypectomy>insertion/retrieval
IUS> hysteroscopy +/- biopsy.