Pain experienced during transvaginal ultrasound, saline contrast sonohysterography, hysteroscopy and office sampling: A comparative study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-351

  Van Den Bosch, T ^a   Verguts, J ^a   Daemen, A ^b   Gevaert, O ^b   Domali, E ^a   Claerhout, F ^a   Vandenbroucke, V ^a   De Moor, B ^b   Deprest, J ^a   Timmerman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endometrial sampling; Office hysteroscopy; Pain scores; Saline contrast sonohysterography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALINE SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTERUS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERUS;

EID: 49949102467     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5263     Document Type: Article

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