Surgery: Should lysis of adhesions be performed when in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer are available?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2339-2341

  Oelsner, Gabriel ^a   Sivan, Eyal ^a   Goldenberg, Mordechai ^a   Carp, Howard ^a   Admon, Dahlia ^a   Mashiach, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesions; IVF embryo transfer; Tuboplasty

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; SALPINGOPLASTY;

EID: 0028584191     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138448     Document Type: Article

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