[Study of 27 endometrial samples taken with the Inocurette. Value of the method]

The authors have tested a new disposable device, the inocurette, for a histological study of the endometrium, performed on ambulatory patients without anesthesia. The indications were always the occurrence of menorrhagias or metrorrhagias and a subsequent control by curetage or hysterectomy was carried out on the first 27 cases included in this study. Sampling was done without difficulty with a preliminary dilatation of the cervix in only 4 cases and, in the whole, the procedure was not considered as painful. The reliability of the diagnosis appears satisfactory with 92% of matching results. The possibility of false negative results, even though low, urges however to pursue explorations by hysteroscopy and curetage every time there is a clinical or radiological suspicion.