The use of intrauterine lidocaine to minimize pain during hysterosalpingography: A randomized trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1261-1266

  Frishman, Gary N ^a   Spencer, Patricia K ^a   Weitzen, Sherry ^a   Plosker, Shayne ^a   Shafi, Farah ^a,b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTRAUTERINE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCOMFORT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DRUG INSTILLATION; RADIOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSTILLATION, DRUG; LIDOCAINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; UTERUS;

EID: 3042534066     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000127370.66704.f5     Document Type: Article

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