Hysteroscopy: a technique for all? Analysis of 5,000 outpatient hysteroscopies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 438-443

  Di Spiezio Sardo, Attilio ^a   Taylor, Alexander ^a   Tsirkas, Panos ^a   Mastrogamvrakis, George ^a   Sharma, Malini ^a   Magos, Adam ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication; experience; failure; outpatient hysteroscopy; success; vaginoscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SYNCOPE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 38949211844     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.056     Document Type: Article

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