Book excerpt: This text offers 'how to' information on the use of the hysteroscope in an office setting. Provides guidelines for the selection of the proper equipment, when to use the procedure, nursing requirements and how instruments are sterilized. Covers the technique for diagnostic hysteroscopy step by step, as well as normal and pathologic findings associated with hysteroscopy. Simpler procedures such as IUD removal or endometrial biopsy are also covered. Includes management of complications, falloposcopy and the future of hysteroscopy.