Outpatient hysteroscopy: Indications and hysteroscopic findings in pre- and postmenopausal patients

Gynaecological Endoscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 137-141

  Decloedt, Jan F ^a   Fenton, David W ^b  

^a St Blasius Hospital   (Belgium)

^b ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormal uterine bleeding; Endometrial cancer; Endometrial fibroid; Endometrial polyp; Office hysteroscopy; Outpatient hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

FELYPRESSIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; COITUS; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032807879     PISSN: 09621091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2508.1999.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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