Office hydrolaparoscopy for the diagnosis of endometriosis and tubal infertility

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-377

  Brosens, Ivo A ^a   Campo, Rudi ^a   Gordts, Stephan ^a  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ARTICAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; CULDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; VAGINA;

EID: 0032763593     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199908000-00003     Document Type: Review

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