Is the outcome of in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer treatment improved by spontaneous or surgical drainage of a hydrosalpinx?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2147-2150

  Sowter, Martin C ^a,b   Akande, Valentine A ^a   Williams, Jennifer A C ^a   Hull, Michael G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hydrosalpinx; Implantation; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

HYDROSALPINX;

EID: 0030786658     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.10.2147     Document Type: Article

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