Bipolar resection can be considered the gold standard procedure in the field of operative hysteroscopy today. The applied current is restricted to the two distal electrodes in the surgeon’s field of vision.
The working element of the 5 mm resectoscope can be used for both unipolar and bipolar resection, thus allowing an inexpensive system changeover from unipolar to bipolar.
True bipolar system as the current is not returned via the sheath