Ambulatory hysteroscopy: evidence-based guide to diagnosis and therapy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 953-975

  Bakour, Shagaf H ^a   Jones, Siân E ^b   O'Donovan, Peter ^b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advanced hysteroscopy training; ambulatory; diagnostic test accuracy; nurse hysteroscopy; one stop clinic; outpatient diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy; risk management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMBULATORY CARE; BLADDER PERFORATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE STERILIZATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOLD STANDARD; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARACERVICAL BLOCK; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYPECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF TRAINING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS SYNECHIA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

AMBULATORY CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 37849185427     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2006.06.004     Document Type: Review

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