The use of misoprostol before hysteroscopic surgery in non-pregnant premenopausal women: A randomized comparison of sublingual, oral and vaginal administrations

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1942-1948

  Lee, Yoo Young ^a   Kim, Tae Joong ^a   Kang, Heeseok ^b   Choi, Chel Hun ^a   Lee, Jeong Won ^a   Kim, Byoung Gie ^a   Bae, Duk Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Good Morning Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cervical ripening; misoprostol; oral; sublingual; vaginal

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; HYSTEROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYOMECTOMY; NAUSEA; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATOR; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERINE CERVIX WIDTH; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS CRAMP; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 77955007539     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq083     Document Type: Article

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