Intrauterine surgery using a new coaxial bipolar electrode in normal saline solution (Versapoint): A pilot study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 740-743

  Vilos, George A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar Electrode; Coaxial electrode; Hysteroscopic surgery; Normal saline

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MENSTRUATION; MYOMECTOMY; POLYPECTOMY; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033215291     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00329-5     Document Type: Letter

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