Tolerability, side effects, and complications of hysterosalpingocontrast sonography (HyCoSy)

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1481-1486

  Savelli, Luca ^a   Pollastri, Paola ^a   Guerrini, Manuela ^a   Villa, Gioia ^a   Manuzzi, Linda ^a   Mabrouk, Mohamed ^a   Rossi, Stefania ^a   Seracchioli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

diagnosis; HyCoSy; hysterosalpingocontrast sonography; Infertility; transvaginal sonography; tubal patency; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOCONTRAST SONOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SYNCOPE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349449806     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1777     Document Type: Article

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