ABSTRACT
Hysteroscopy is a relatively young procedure that experimented in rudimental way at the beginning of past century has been impressively implemented in the last 20 years thanks to Jacques Hamou, father of modern hysteroscopy
At the beginning, this procedure was performed under narcosis. Later on, different techniques and procedures have transformed hysteroscopy in office examinations, characterised by a great precision and diagnostic accuracy, well tolerated by the patient. At present, hysteroscopy is considered as the gold standard for the study of the uterine cavity
Nevertheless at present it not very clear what may be its role in the study of the infertile couple and in ART procedures, owing to the wide range of utility of the technique:
• No role in the study of the morphology of the uterine cavity: according to many authors hysteroscopy is not necessary because the uterine cavity may be studied adequately through ultrasonography or hysterosalpingography, and therefore not through invasive techniques.
