Operative Hysteroscopy to Remove Retained Products of Conception: Novel Treatment of an Old Problem

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-103

  Golan, Abraham ^a,b   Dishi, Michal ^a,b   Shalev, Amir ^a,b   Keidar, Ran ^a,b   Ginath, Shimon ^a,b   Sagiv, Ron ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Curettage; Operative hysteroscopy; Retained products of conception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLEEDING; CONCEPTION; CURETTAGE; DELIVERY; DILATION AND EVACUATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ABORTION; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TROPHOBLAST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650711987     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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