Table 1.
Questionnaire regarding criteria used for assessment of adequacy of endometrial biopsies with opinions of respondents
| Question | Yes | No | Not answered |
| Does your reporting depend on whether the specimen is a pipelle biopsy or curette? | 29/61 (47.5%) | 30/61 (49.2%) | 2/61 (3.3%) |
| Does your reporting depend on whether the patient is premenopausal or postmenopausal? | 40/61 (65.6%) | 18/61 (29.5%) | 3/61 (4.9%) |
| Does your report require correlation with parameters such as ultrasonic or hysteroscopic features? | 35/61 (57.4%) | 21/61 (34.4%) | 5/61 (8.2%) |
| What do you require to classify an endometrial biopsy as adequate (only answer one of these questions)? | |||
| Any endometrial tissue no matter how scant | 6/61 (9.8%) | ||
| A certain number of superficial endometrial glands | 6/61 (9.8%) | ||
| Both endometrial glands and stroma, no matter how little | 12/61 (19.7%) | ||
| Any number of endometrial glands and associated stroma in intact organised tissue | 17/61 (27.9%) | ||
| A specific number of endometrial glands and associated stroma in intact organised tissue | 5/61 (8.2%) | ||
| Other: please specify | 9/61 (14.8%) | ||
| Would you classify an endometrial biopsy as inadequate if the following applied? | |||
| No endometrial tissue is present in a premenopausal woman | 57/61 (93.4%) | 2/61 (3.3%) | 2/61 (3.3%) |
| No endometrial tissue is present in a postmenopausal woman | 56/61 (91.8%) | 4/61 (6.6%) | 1/61 (1.6%) |
| No endometrial tissue is present in a postmenopausal woman and hystero-scopy and ultrasonography show atrophic endometrium | 46/61 (75.4%) | 14/61 (23.0%) | 1/61 (1.6%) |
| A few superficial glands without stroma are present in a premenopausal woman | 47/61 (77.0%) | 10/61 (16.4%) | 4/61 (6.6%) |
| A few superficial glands without stroma are present in a postmenopausal woman | 29/61 (47.5%) | 27/61 (44.3%) | 5/61 (8.2%) |
| Stroma and no glands are present in a premenopausal woman | 49/61 (80.3%) | 7/61 (11.5%) | 5/61 (8.2%) |
| Stroma and no glands are present in a postmenopausal woman | 45/61 (73.8%) | 11/61 (18.0%) | 5/61 (8.2%) |
| Less than 5 glands with a little stroma are present | 21/61 (34.4%) | 30/61 (49.2%) | 10/61 (16.4%) |
| Do you think suggested criteria for adequacy/inadequacy would be useful? | 54/61 (88.5%) | 5/61 (8.2%) | 2/61 (3.3%) |
| Do you think the term “unassessable” would be useful in some cases? | 26/61 (42.6%) | 28/61 (45.9%) | 7/61 (11.5%) |
| Do you use any term other than inadequate or insufficient? | 27/61 (44.3%) | 11/61 (18.0%) | 23/61 (37.7%) |
Note that not all of the 61 respondents answered every question.