A double-blind randomized controlled trial of vaginal misoprostol for cervical priming before outpatient hysteroscopy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 962-965

  El Mazny, Akmal ^a   Abou Salem, Nermeen ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cervical priming; Misoprostol; outpatient hysteroscopy

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; MISOTAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIVERING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERUS BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CERVIX UTERI; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MISOPROSTOL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053327381     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.04.049     Document Type: Article

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