Office Vaginoscopic Hysteroscopy in Infertile Women: Effects of Gynecologist Experience, Instrument Size, and Distention Medium on Patient Discomfort

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-350

  Pluchino, Nicola ^a   Ninni, Filippo ^a   Angioni, Stefano ^b   Artini, Paolo ^a   Araujo, Viana Gersia ^a   Massimetti, Gabriele ^a   Genazzani, A R ^a   Cela, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic hysteroscopy; Infertile women; Pain; Surgical experience

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX DISTENSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ITALY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 77953372140     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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