Randomised comparison of distension media for outpatient hysteroscopy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-62

  Shankar, Meena ^a   Davidson, Allan ^a   Taub, Nick ^b   Habiba, Marwan ^a,b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 1242329233     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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