Reconstruction, destruction and IVF: Dilemmas in the art of tubal surgery

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1174-1181

  Sacks, Gavin ^a   Trew, Geoff ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIOLYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISTAL FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MICROSURGERY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASE; REVIEW; SALPINGECTOMY; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBAL INFERTILITY; TUBAL MICROSURGERY; TUBAL SURGERY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE COAGULATION; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; STERILIZATION, TUBAL;

EID: 8144220659     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00404.x     Document Type: Review

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