Falloposcopic tuboplasty for bilateral tubal occlusion. A novel infertility treatment as an alternative for in-vitro fertilization?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-74

  Sueoka, Kou ^a   Asada, Hironori ^b   Tsuchiya, Shinichi ^a   Kobayashi, Noriko ^a   Kuroshima, Masako ^a   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kanagawa ken Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endosalpingial adhesiolysis; Falloposcopic tuboplasty; Linear everting catheter; Tubal occlusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY RATE; SALPINGOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0031883922     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.71     Document Type: Article

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