Rapid endometrial preparation for hysteroscopic surgery with oral desogestrel plus vaginal raloxifene: a prospective, randomized pilot study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 698-701

  Cicinelli, Ettore ^a   Pinto, Vincenzo ^a   Tinelli, Raffaele ^a   Saliani, Nicola ^a   De Leo, Vincenzo ^b   Cianci, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

danazol; desogestrel; endometrial preparation; Hysteroscopy; raloxifene; resectoscopy

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; DESOGESTREL; RALOXIFENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; NAUSEA; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOTTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; DESOGESTREL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYPS; PREMENOPAUSE; RALOXIFENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 34548461098     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.151     Document Type: Article

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