Lidocaine does not reduce pain perception during gel instillation sonography or subsequent office hysteroscopy: Results of a randomized trial

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 236-239

  Van Den Bosch, T ^a   Van Schoubroeck, D ^a   Daemen, A ^b   Domali, E ^a   Vandenbroucke, V ^a   De Moor, B ^b   Deprest, J ^a   Timmerman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gel instillation sonohysterography; Hysteroscopy; Lidocaine; Pain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

INSTILLAGEL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; GEL; GEL INFUSION SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMA; NOCICEPTION; NULLIPARA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERUS;

EID: 79959299904     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319240     Document Type: Article

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