The technique and overview of flexible hysteroscopy

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 655-668

  Marsh, Fiona ^a   Duffy, Sean ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLEXIBLE HYSTEROSCOPY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPE; HYSTEROSCOPY; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POLYP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS PERFORATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; HYSTEROSCOPY;

EID: 4444230698     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2004.05.008     Document Type: Review

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