Combined Hysteroscopic Findings and 3-Dimensional Reconstructed Coronal View of the Uterus To Avoid Laparoscopic Assessment for Inpatient Hysteroscopic Metroplasty: Pilot Study

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-117

  Mollo, Antonio ^a   Nazzaro, Giovanni ^a   Granata, Marcello ^a   Clarizia, Roberto ^a   Fiore, Emmanuel ^a   Cadente, Camillo ^a   Castaldo, Gennaro ^a   Conforti, Salvatore ^a   Locci, Mariavittoria ^a   De Placido, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopic metroplasty; Infertility; Recurrent miscarriage; Septate uterus; Three dimensional ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYSTERORRHAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOMETRIUM; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE FUNDUS; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS SEPTUS; UTERUS SURGERY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LAPAROSCOPY; PILOT PROJECTS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 78650694909     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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