Confirmation of Essure Placement Using Transvaginal Ultrasound

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-168

  Veersema, Sebastiaan ^a   Vleugels, Michel ^b   Koks, Caroline ^c   Thurkow, Andreas ^d   van der Vaart, Huub ^e   Brölmann, Hans ^f  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Ziekenhuis Rivierenland   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^e Alant Vrouw   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confirmation test; Cumulative pregnancy rate; Essure; HSG; Placement rate; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951922194     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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