Is hysteroscopic correction of an incomplete uterine septum justified prior to IVF?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-340

  Ozgur, Kemal ^a   Isikoglu, Mete ^a   Donmez, Levent ^b   Oehninger, Sergio ^c  

^a Antalya IVF   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopy; IVF; Septate uterus; Sonohysterography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 33947518157     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60876-0     Document Type: Article

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