Ultrasound-guided aspiration of hydrosalpinges is associated with improved pregnancy and implantation rates after in-vitro fertilization cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 736-739

  Van Voorhis, Bradley J ^a   Sparks, Amy E T ^a   Syrop, Craig H ^a   Stovall, Dale W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallopian tubes; Hydrosalpinges; Infertility; IVF; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

FALLOPIA; HYDROSALPINX;

EID: 0031953089     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.736     Document Type: Article

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