This is an endometrial ablation for fibroids video, performed on a woman of 350 lbs, with high risk of severe anemia, with a diagnosis of unresponsive menorrhagia.
Menorrhagia stands for "excessive bleeding", so this woman was not a candidate for a full hysterectomy. She had a fibroid in the uterus, several polyps, and a thickened endometrial tissue, which was the mechanical cause of bleeding.
The method of endometral ablation here used was operative hysteroscopy, the instrument chosen is GyneCare VersaPoint...
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