One halachic issue following
gynecological procedures is the size of instruments used, since instruments of a certain size inserted into the uterus are presumed to bring on
niddah status by opening the uterus. In the case of a standard
hysteroscopy, the width of the instruments used are well under the 19mm measure used as a criterion by our site's halachic supervisor, Rav Yehuda Henkin. Thus, assuming standard instruments, this procedure itself did not render you
niddah.
While some poskim maintain that bleeding due to injury in the uterus itself is dam
niddah and not
dam makkah, the position of Rav Henkin is that such bleeding
is considered
dam makkah and would not render one
niddah. Thus assuming your doctor confirmed that removing the scar tissue from the uterus caused trauma and uterine bleeding, you may disregard bleeding for about a week following the procedure and it does not render you
niddah.
If the bleeding continues until the time you expect your period, you may no longer attribute the bleeding to
dam makkah, and must assume it is considered
dam niddah at that point.
Anytime you become
niddah, whether it be from a flow, a
stain, a procedure, etc., you are always required to wait the
five day minimum from when you first entered the
niddah status.
Please feel free to get back to us with any further questions.
Refuah Shleimah!