Hysteroscopy under general anaesthesia, a near painless procedure

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 344-345

  Tong, Stephen ^a,b   Zachariah, Rebecca ^b   Chua, Boon Ghee ^a   Vollenhoven, Beverley ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Curettage; Hysteroscopy; Lignocaine; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0142155550     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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