Pain relief during hysterosalpingography: Role of intracervical block

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-159

  Chauhan, Meenakshi B ^a   Lakra, Pinkey ^a   Jyotsna, Dehlan ^a   Nanda, Smiti ^a   Malhotra, Vani ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hysterosalpingography; Intracervical block; Verbal descriptive score; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INDIA; INTRACERVICAL BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL DESCRIPTIVE SCORE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CERVIX UTERI; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIDOCAINE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872303932     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2515-z     Document Type: Article

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