Is it Cost-Effective to Use a Mucosal or Paracervical Block to Relieve the Pain and Cramping from Cryosurgery? A Decision Model

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-290

  Harper, Diane M ^a,b   Cobb, Janet L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cost effectiveness; Cryosurgery; Decision analysis; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CRYOSURGERY; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE BLOCK; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033113571     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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