Getting pregnant after tubal sterilization: Surgical reversal or IVF?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2660-2664

  Boeckxstaens, An ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a   Collins, John ^b,c   Tournaye, Herman ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; IVF; Reanastomosis; Reversal; Tubal sterilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LOG RANK TEST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

EID: 34548784917     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem248     Document Type: Article

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