Uterine cavity assessment prior to in vitro fertilization: Comparison of transvaginal scanning, saline contrast hysterosonography and hysteroscopy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-62

  Ayida, G ^a,b   Chamberlain, P ^a   Barlow, D ^a   Kennedy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Hysteroscopy; Hysterosonography; Saline; Ultrasound; Uterine abnormality

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OVARY CYST; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INJECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0030846827     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1997.10010059.x     Document Type: Article

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