Treatment of twenty-two patients with complete uterine and vaginal septum

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-39

  Grynberg, Michaël ^a,b   Gervaise, Amélie ^a   Faivre, Erika ^a   Deffieux, Xavier ^a,b   Frydman, René ^a,b   Fernandez, Hervé ^b,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital uterine anomalies; Metroplasty; Septate uterus; Vaginal septum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLETE UTERINE SEPTUM; DELIVERY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPIC METROPLASTY; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIVE BIRTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERUS DISEASE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL SEPTUM;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455202505     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2011.08.726     Document Type: Article

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