The effectiveness of hysteroscopy in improving pregnancy rates in subfertile women without other gynaecological symptoms: A systematic review

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Bosteels, Jan ^a   Weyers, Steven ^b   Puttemans, Patrick ^c   Panayotidis, Costas ^d   Van Herendael, Bruno ^d   Gomel, Victor ^e   Mol, Ben W J ^f   Mathieu, Chantal ^g   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^g  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Imeldahospital ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d Endoscopic Training Centre Antwerp   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopy; Intrauterine insemination; IVF; RCT; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MYOMECTOMY; POLYPECTOMY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS MYOMA; FEMALE INFERTILITY; LEIOMYOMA; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE ADHESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS DISEASE;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; POLYPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 77449127533     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmp033     Document Type: Review

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