Microsurgical reversal of tubal sterilization: A report on 1,118 cases

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 865-870

  Kim, Seok Hyun ^a,b   Moon, Shin Yong ^a   Shin, Chang Jae ^a   Lee, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Jung Gu ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Factors influencing pregnancy rate; Microsurgical reversal; Pregnancy rate; Tubal anastomosis; Tubal sterilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; KOREA; KOREA, REPUBLIC OF; MICROSURGERY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY RATE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSIBLE STERILIZATION; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; STERILIZATION, SEXUAL; STUDIES; SURGERY; TREATMENT; TUBAL REANASTOMOSIS;

FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0342617515     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00361-0     Document Type: Article

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