Can Doppler ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval improve IVF safety?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-445

  Rísquez, Francisco ^a   Confino, Edmond ^b  

^a Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad   (Venezuela)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colour Doppler transvaginal ultrasound guidance; IVF; oocyte retrieval

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VAGINA BLEEDING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78650522451     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.04.035     Document Type: Note

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