The Vabra aspirator versus the Pipelle device for outpatient endometrial sampling

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-136

  Naim, Norzilawati M ^a,b   Mahdy, Zaleha A ^a   Ahmad, Shuhaila ^a   Razi, Zainul Rashid M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Endometrial sampling; Office endometrial sampling; Pipelle device; Vabra aspirator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOPSY DEVICE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847777585     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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