Comparison of transvaginal sonography, saline infusion sonography and hysteroscopy in the evaluation of uterine cavity pathologies

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-35

  Cepni, Ismail ^a,b   Ocal, Pelin ^a   Erkan, Sanli ^a   Saricali, Funda Salihoglu ^a   Akbas, Hande ^a   Demirkiran, Fuat ^a   Idil, Mehmet ^a   Bese, Tugan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endometrial polyp; Hysteroscopy; Saline infusion sonography; Submucous fibroid; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; POLYPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 15844370512     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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