Reproductive performance after transabdominal metroplasty: A review of 157 consecutive cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 544-552

  Papp, Zoltán ^a,b   Mezei, Gábor ^a   Gávai, Márta ^a   Hupuczi, Petronella ^a   Urbancsek, János ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Natural History   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abdominal metroplasty; Infertility, female; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL METROPLASTY; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 33746265395     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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