Microsurgical reversal of sterilisation - Is this still clinically relevant today?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-26

  Tan, Heng Hao ^a   Loh, Seong Feei ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic tubal reversal; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVE BIRTH; MICROSURGERY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PARITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; SURGEON; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; UTERINE TUBE SURGERY;

EID: 75749102635     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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