Assessing tubal patency with transvaginal salpingosonography after the reversal of tubal ligation for female sterilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2819-2822

  Spalding, Hell ^a   Perälä, Jukka ^a   Martikainen, Hannu ^a   Tekay, Aydin ^a   Jouppila, Pentti ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Sterilization; Transvaginal salpingosonography; Tubal ligation; Tubal patency

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; UTERUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0031728205     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.10.2819     Document Type: Article

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