Preoperative periumbilical ultrasound-guided saline infusion (PUGSI) as a tool in predicting obliterating subumbilical adhesions in laparoscopy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2714-2719

  Nezhat, Ceana ^a   Cho, Jennifer ^b   Morozov, Vadim ^a   Yeung Jr , Patrick ^c  

^a Atlanta Center for Special Minimally Invasive Surgery and Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesions; bowel injury; closed laparoscopy; Complications of laparoscopy; entry complications; open laparoscopy; trocar injury; ultrasound in surgery; visceral injury

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TISSUE ADHESIONS; UMBILICUS; VISCERA;

EID: 67349201203     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.073     Document Type: Article

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