[Usefulness of a second-level centralized ambulatory service for the staging of diseases of the endometrium and the lower genital tract in a provincial hospital].

In 1991, at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Ivrea Hospital Hysteroscopy-Microcolposcopy-Vulvoscopy center was set up in order to improve the management of the intracavitary and lower genital tract pathologies. In such center skilled specialists having attended microcolpohysteroscopy and vulvoscopy training courses in specialised institutes are employed. They continuously keep in contact with such institutes for the updating of diagnostic and therapeutic protocols. The authors present their opinions about the usefulness of this center and the results achieved.