Learning curve for hysteroscopic sterilisation: Lessons from the first 80 cases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-64

  Rosen, David M B ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Essure; Hysteroscopy; Learning curve; Sterilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISIBILITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242286019     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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