Does hysteroscopy hurt?

Hysteroscopy surgery may cause slight pain, which is generally tolerable for patients. Hysteroscopy surgery is divided into diagnostic surgery and therapeutic surgery. Diagnostic surgery is performed without anesthesia and may cause slight pain. If the patient is too nervous to undergo the examination, the doctor will give local anesthesia as appropriate. Therapeutic surgery is performed under local anesthesia and will not cause pain during the procedure.

Diagnostic surgery may cause slight pain. Hysteroscopy surgery is clinically divided into two types: diagnostic surgery and therapeutic surgery. Many patients have doubts about whether the surgery will be painless. The hospital uses Olympus hysteroscope. When performing diagnostic surgery, because the outer diameter of the hysteroscope is 4.5mm, there is no need to dilate the cervix. Without anesthesia, patients may only feel mild menstrual pain, namely a sensation of falling and discomfort. If the patient is very nervous and unable to undergo the examination, the doctor will give anesthesia as appropriate, with local anesthesia as the main choice.

During painless therapeutic surgery, the outer diameter of the therapeutic hysteroscope is 5.5mm, and the outer diameter of the electric resectoscope is 8.5mm. During the surgery, local anesthesia, epidural anesthesia, or intravenous anesthesia will be administered according to the patient's condition and severity of the disease. Therefore, hysteroscopy surgery is painless or basically painless, and of course, there will be no pain after the surgery.