Evaluation of tubal patency by hysterocontrast sonography (HyCoSy, Echovist®) and its correlation with laparoscopic findings

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 523-527

  Dietrich, M ^a   Suren, A ^a   Hinney, B ^a   Osmers, R ^a   Kuhn, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler supplemented hysterocontrast sonography (HyCoSy); Infertility

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROSCOPY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0029957673     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199611/12)24:9<523::AID-JCU6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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