Local anaesthesia for pain control during outpatient hysteroscopy: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7749, 2010, Pages 748-

  Cooper, Natalie A M ^b   Khan, Khalid S ^a,b   Clark, T Justin ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950575268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1130     Document Type: Article

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