Paracervical block diminishes cramping associated with cryosurgery

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-75

  Harper, Diane M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia, local; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cryosurgery; pain measured

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REGIONAL PERFUSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031031437     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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