Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of saline infusion sonohysterography, transvaginal sonography and hysteroscopy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-58

  Bingol, B ^a   Gunenc, Z ^b   Gedikbasi, A ^c   Guner, H ^d   Tasdemir, S ^e   Tiras, B ^d  

^a ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Istanbul Bakirkoy Maternity and Children Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e IVF Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accuracy; fertility control; HSG; hysteroscopy; SIS; TVS

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINE INFUSION SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEIOMYOMA; MENORRHAGIA; POLYPS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 79551550374     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2010.532246     Document Type: Article

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