Strategies to minimize discomfort during diagnostic hysterosalpingography with disposable balloon catheters: a randomized placebo-controlled study with oral nonsteroidal premedication

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 844-848

  Anserini, Paola ^a   Delfino, Francesca ^a   Ferraiolo, Antonella ^a   Remorgida, Valentino ^a   Menoni, Stefania ^a   De Caro, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

balloon catheter; Hysterosalpingography; pain management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NULLIPARA; PAIN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BALLOON DILATATION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51449114740     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1302     Document Type: Article

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