Flexible outpatient hysteroscopy without anaesthesia: A safe, successful and well tolerated procedure

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 672-676

  Kremer, Christian ^a   Barik, Sukumar ^b   Duffy, Sean ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIA; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031799421     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10185.x     Document Type: Article

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