Human Amnion as a Temporary Biologic Barrier after Hysteroscopic Lysis of Severe Intrauterine Adhesions: Pilot Study

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 605-611

  Amer, Mohamed I ^a   Abd El Maeboud, Karim H I ^a   Abdelfatah, Ihab ^a   Salama, Fekrya Ahmad ^a   Abdallah, Al Said ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Ismailia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amnion graft; Hysteroscopy; Intrauterine adhesions; Intrauterine balloon; Reproductive outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; AMNION; AMNION GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE BALLOON; MENSTRUATION; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE REGENERATION; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS SURGERY; UTERUS SYNECHIA; COMPLICATION; ENDOMETRIUM; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AMNION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TRANSPLANTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955925168     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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