Use of Misoprostol Prior to Hysteroscopy in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  da Costa, Aurélio Ribeiro ^a   Pinto Neto, Aarão Mendes ^c   Amorim, Melania ^a,b   Costa Paiva, Lúcia Helena Simões ^c   Scavuzzi, Adriana ^a   Schettini, Juliana ^a  

^a Institute for Maternal/Infant Health   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Hysteroscopy; Menopause; Misoprostol

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENITAL BLEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX EROSION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS PERFORATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 38949131099     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.08.596     Document Type: Article

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