Hysteroscopy has been done in the hospital, surgical centers and the office. It is best done when the endometrium is relatively thin, that is after a menstruation. Diagnostic can easily be done in an office or clinic setting on suitably selected patients.
sterile. 1  free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments. 2  incapable of producing offspring; not producing offspring. 3  barren; not producing vegetation: sterile soil. 4  Botany. 5  not productive of results, ideas, etc.; fruitless.
1. a supposedly inert substance such as a sugar pill or injection of sterile water, given under the guise of effective treatment. Paradoxically, it may exert either a positive or a negative effect on the recipient (see placebo effect).