Joint Guideline Favors Hysteroscopy With Biopsy Over Blind Sampling for AUB and PMB

Joint guideline: In abnormal uterine or postmenopausal bleeding, hysteroscopy with visually directed biopsy yields higher diagnostic accuracy than blind endometrial sampling for detecting and excluding endometrial cancer, hyperplasia, polyps, and fibroids. Accuracy is higher for…

• Joint society guideline (AAGL, ESGE, GCH) based on systematic review and meta-analyses.
• Hysteroscopy + visually directed biopsy had higher accuracy than blind sampling for endometrial cancer, hyperplasia, polyps, and fibroids; detection accuracy > exclusion accuracy (exact figures not reported in source).
• Limited evidence: only one study for endometritis; no comparative data for niches or retained pregnancy tissue.

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