Reproductive surgery

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-28

  Gomel, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Microsurgery; Postoperative adhesions; Reproductive surgery; Tubal surgery

Indexed keywords

DYSPAREUNIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MICROSURGERY; PERIADNEXAL ADHESION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 20644431768     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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