Transcervical embryoscopy is a hysteroscopy performed before obstetric curettage in cases of first-trimester missed abortion. It allows clear visualization of the demised embryo "in uterus," adding useful information for the diagnosis of the cause of pregnancy failure [1].The procedure is performed with the patient under general anesthesia and in the dorsolithotomy position, before obstetric curettage in patients with ultrasonographic diagnosis of fetal demise during the first trimester of pregnancy [2]. With a 5-mm 30-degree angle rigid hysteroscope and 0.9% normal saline solution, with pressures between 50 to 100 mm Hg, the vagina, cervical canal, uterus, tubal ostium, parietal decidua, and chorion are visualized.
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