Pain in diagnostic hysteroscopy: A multivariate analysis after a randomized, controlled trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1398-1403

  Mazzon, Ivan ^a   Favilli, Alessandro ^b   Grasso, Mario ^a   Horvath, Stefano ^a   Bini, Vittorio ^b   Di Renzo, Gian Carlo ^b   Gerli, Sandro ^b  

^a Arbor Vitae Centre   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Diagnostic hysteroscopy; Distension media; Pain; Saline solution

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SYNECHIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PARITY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84922064838     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1249     Document Type: Article

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