The cesarean delivery scar pouch: Clinical implications and diagnostic correlation between transvaginal sonography and hysteroscopy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 695-700

  Fabres, Cecilia ^a   Aviles, Guillermo ^a   De la Jara, Carlos ^a   Escalona, Juan ^a   Muñoz, Jorge Felipe ^a   Mackenna, Antonio ^a   Fernández, Carlos ^a   Zegers Hochschild, Fernando ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abnormal bleeding; Cesarean delivery scar; Metrorrhagia; Spotting

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

UTERINE CAVITY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMENOPAUSE; SCAR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0037785202     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.7.695     Document Type: Article

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