A randomised trial comparing the H Pipelle with the standard Pipelle for endometrial sampling at 'no-touch' (vaginoscopic) hysteroscopy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Madari, S ^a   Al Shabibi, N ^a   Papalampros, P ^a   Papadimitriou, A ^a   Magos, A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'no touch' hysteroscopy; Endometrial biopsy; H Pipelle; Pipelle de Cornier; Vaginoscopic hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANXIETY; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57349095602     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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