First and subsequent pregnancies after tubal microsurgery: Evaluation of the fertility index

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1033-1042

  Gillett, Wayne R ^a   Clarke, Rachel H ^a   Herbison, G Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Microsurgery; Prognostic factors; Reversal of sterilization; Salpingostomy; Survival analysis; Tubocornual anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALPINGOSTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031466594     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00396-8     Document Type: Article

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