Advantages and disadvantages of hysterosonosalpingography in the assessment of the reproductive status of uterine cavity and fallopian tubes

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 268-273

  Radić, Vanja ^a   Čanić, Tomislav ^a   Valetić, Josip ^a   Duić, Željko ^a  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

HSCP; hysteroscopy; Hysterosonosalpingography; Infertility; laparoscopy; LSC; negative predictive value; NPV; positive predictive value; PPV; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FALLOPIAN TUBE; HYSTEROSONOSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONICS;

ECHOVIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

EID: 12444341954     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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