Optimal catheter placement during sonohysterography: A randomized controlled trial comparing cervical to uterine placement

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Spieldoch, Rachel L ^a   Winter, Tom C ^a   Schouweiler, Calisa ^a   Ansay, Susan ^a   Evans, Michael D ^a   Lindheim, Steven R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; NULLIPARA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 37549043518     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000295865.93719.3f     Document Type: Article

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