Office hysteroscopy: Comparison of 2.7- And 4-mm hysteroscopes for acceptability, feasibility and diagnostic accuracy

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-48

  Rullo, Sandro ^a   Sorrenti, Giuseppe ^a   Marziali, Massimiliano ^a   Ermini, Beatrice ^a   Sesti, Francesco ^a   Piccione, Emilio ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopes; Hysteroscopy; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OPTICS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROME; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 12344294545     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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