A report on 387 cases of microsurgical tubal reversals

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 875-880

  Kim, Jong Duk ^a   Kim, Kwan Sik ^a   Doo, Jae Kyun ^a   Rhyeu, Cheol Hee ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microsurgical tubal reversal; Tubal sterilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; UTERINE TUBE SURGERY;

ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030657512     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00339-7     Document Type: Article

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