Abstract
Summary In this study, we evaluated the management of postmenopausal bleeding at our one-stop clinic where the first line investigations were a transvaginal ultrasound scan and a pipelle endometrial biopsy. The records of 212 women seen in this clinic in 1994 were reviewed. One hundred and forty-four women (67.9%) were evaluated and reassured in one visit. The mean waiting period following referral to the clinic by the general practitioner was 36 days (range 6-157 days), and only 45 women (21%) required a hysteroscopy. The commonest diagnosis made was endometrial atrophy or no significant endometrial pathology (130 women (61.3%). Endometrial cancer was diagnosed in 12 women (5.6%), and one case of previously unsuspected ovarian cancer was detected. Our findings show that most women with post-menopausal bleeding can be assessed in one visit, and hysteroscopy is not always necessary in the initial assessment of this complaint.
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