Preventive salpingectomy of hydrosalpinx prior to IVF. Salpingectomy improves in-vitro fertilization outcome in patients with a hydrosalpinx: Blind victimization of the Fallopian tube?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2079-2081

  Puttemans, Patrick J ^a,b   Brosens, Ivo A ^b  

^a Brussels Saint Elisabeth Clinic   (Belgium)

^b LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; SALPINGECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

FALLOPIA; HYDROSALPINX;

FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030254123     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019052     Document Type: Short Survey

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