Publications by authors named "Gwendolyn Henao"

Objective: To estimate whether benzocaine spray applied to the cervix and the endocervical canal before performing office endometrial biopsy improves patient comfort during the procedure.

Methods: Eighty-eight women were randomly assigned to receive either 20% benzocaine spray or placebo to the outside of the cervix and into the endocervical canal before an endometrial biopsy was performed. The main outcome measure was pain during the endometrial biopsy, assessed by a visual analog scale.

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are c-kit-positive tumors that may arise anywhere in the tubular gastrointestinal tract. Around 5% of the cases arise elsewhere in the abdominal cavity. Tumors originating in the omentum and mesentery have been reported.

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