The disclosure relates to a resectoscope comprising a shaft and an electrode arrangement that is mounted to be displaceable in a direction of the shaft, shaft, and a carriage that can be displaced in the same direction and that is provided with a carriage contact and with a receiving bore which extends parallel the shaft direction and into which the proximal end region of said electrode arrangement can be inserted by means of an electrode contact for contacting the carriage contact, contact, wherein one of the contacts is formed as a plug-in socket and the other one is formed as a matching plug-in pin, wherein the carriage contact is formed as a plug-in pin.
