Table 1.
Subgroup analysis according to the average number of hysteroscopic procedures performed in one year by each provider
| Hysteroscopic procedures performed in one year (n, %) | Less than 100 (107, 26.7) | Between 100 and 500 (151, 37.7) | Between 500 and 1000 (90, 22.5) | More than 1000 (52, 13) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most frequent indication for hysteroscopy | < 0.001 | |||||
| Retained IUD with visible strings inside the cavity/endocervical canal (%) | 34 (31.8) | 62 (41.1) | 47 (77.8)* | 33 (63.5)* | ||
| Retained IUD without visible strings (%) | 63 (58.9)° | 67 (44.4)° | 24 (11.0) | 12 (23.1) | ||
| Extraction of a fragment of IUD (%) | 9 (8.4) | 18 (11.9) | 17 (5.6) | 6 (11.5) | ||
| Other (%) | 1 (1.0) | 4 (2.6) | 2 (5.6) | 1 (1.9) | ||
| In a case of a retained IUD without visible strings, which type of IUD is the most frequently extracted? | 0.496 | |||||
| Copper T (%) | 85 (79.4) | 109 (71.1) | 63 (70.0) | 37 (71.1) | ||
| Mirena (%) | 13 (12.1) | 23 (15.2) | 14 (15.6) | 8 (15.4) | ||
| Multiload (%) | 6 (5.6) | 13 (8.6) | 7 (7.8) | 3 (5.8) | ||
| Other (%) | 3 (2.9) | 6 (5.1) | 6 (6.6) | 4 (7.7) | ||
| In a case of fragmented IUD, which type is the one most frequently extracted? | 0.174 | |||||
| Copper T (%) | 67 (55.8) | 88 (58.2) | 64 (71.1) | 33 (63.4) | ||
| Mirena (%) | 8 (6.7) | 15 (9.9) | 3 (3.3) | 3 (5.8) | ||
| Multiload (%) | 2 (1.7) | 31 (20.5) | 15 (16.7) | 10 (19.2) | ||
| Other (%) | 9 (7.5) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (2.2) | 6 (11.6) | ||
| Unable to answer (%) | 34 (28.3) | 15 (10.7) | 6 (6.7) | 0 | ||
*p < 0.001 vs “Less than 100” and “Between 100 and 500”
°p < 0.001 vs Between “500 and 1000” and “More than 1000”