Cervical Ripening Using Vaginal Misoprostol before Hysteroscopy: A Double-blind Randomized Trial

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 739-744

  Waddell, Guy ^a   Desindes, Sophie ^a   Takser, Larissa ^a   Beauchemin, Marie Claude ^a   Bessette, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical priming; Hysteroscopy; Misoprostol; Pain

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LACERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PELVIC CRAMP; PELVIC DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; TONOMETER; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS PERFORATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANALGESICS; CERVIX UTERI; DILATATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PAIN; PLACEBOS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 54349090046     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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