Tubal assessment tests: Still have not found what we are looking for

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-382

  Papaioannou, Spyros ^a   Afnan, Masoud ^b   Jafettas, John ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dye test; Fallopian tube; Hysterosalpingogram; Laparoscopy; Selective salpingography; Tubal assessment

Indexed keywords

ECHOVIST; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; XENON;

CATHETERIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLOPOSCOPY; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FERTILOSCOPY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 35248838006     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60361-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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