Hysteroscopy in COVID-19 times

Abstract

Hysteroscopy in COVID-19 times Alessandra Gallo1 , Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo1 , Antonietta Legnante1 , Romolo Di Iorio2 , Carlo De Angelis3, * 1Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy 2Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Traslational Medicine, S. Andrea Hospital, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00189 Rome, Italy 3Department of Maternal and Child Health and Urological Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy *Correspondence: carlo.deangelis@uniroma1.it (Carlo De Angelis) DOI:10.31083/j.ceog4805163 This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Submitted: 1 April 2021 Revised: 4 June 2021 Accepted: 8 June 2021 Published: 15 October 2021 Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global public health concern. Health Care Facilities in every country have to deal with a complete reorganization of labor and delivery unit, and resource management. Aim of this review is to summarize the available literature data about the impact of COVID-19 on hysteroscopic surgery. Mechanism: A search on PubMed and Medline databases was performed until March 2021. Findings in brief : Most of evidence agree on complete cancellation of elective endoscopic gynecologic surgery, and on its deferring until the pandemic has been contained. When hysteroscopy is performed, precautions should be observed to prevent COVID-19 infection. Conclusions: We summarized all best practice to perform safe and effective hysteroscopic surgery in COVID-19 times and in the slow restore of normal activities. Keywords Hysteroscopy; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Hysteroscopic surgery