Waiting Time and Pain During Office Hysteroscopy

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-364

  Carta, Gaspare ^a   Palermo, Patrizia ^a   Marinangeli, Franco ^a   Piroli, Alba ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   De Lellis, Valentina ^a   Patacchiola, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopy; Pain; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENOPAUSE; NOCICEPTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFFICE HYSTEROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANXIETY; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 84860380708     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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