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Table 2 Relationship between polyp size and spontaneous regression rate

From: Predictive factors of spontaneously regressed uterine endometrial polyps during the waiting period before hysteroscopic polypectomy

Polyp size

% (regression/total cases)

Total

6.6% (n = 28/424)

Less than 4.9 mm

11.9% (n = 5/42)

5.0–9.9 mm

16.5% (n = 18/109)

10.0–14.9 mm

2.8% (n = 4/145)

15.0–19.9 mm

1.4% (n = 1/73)

Over 20.0 mm

0.0% (n = 0/55)

  1. “Polyp size” refers to the maximum length of the target polyp measured by transvaginal ultrasonography before hospitalization in an outpatient setting.