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01/Jan/2010
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082010AO1342
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the intensity of pain reported by patients undergoing outpatient diagnostic hysteroscopy. Methods: Exam performed with a 5-mm lens hysteroscope, vaginal speculum, tenaculum and uterine distention with carbon dioxide gas. Before and after the examination, patients were interviewed to define, in a verbal scale from 0 to 10, pain values that they expected to feel and that they experienced after the end, and also if they would repeat it if indicated. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package […]
Keywords: Ambulatorial care; Hysteroscopy/methods; Outcome and process assessment (Health Care); Pain measurement; Pain measurement/diagnosis