Hysteroscopic Metroplasty for the Septate Uterus: Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-42

  Valle, Rafael F ^a   Ekpo, Geraldine E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteroscopic metroplasty; Hysteroscopy; Pregnancy wastage; Uterine anomalies; Uterine septum

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; RELEASING FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEREDITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPIC METROPLASTY; HYSTEROSCOPY; HYSTEROTOMY; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVE BIRTH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT ABORTION; REPRODUCTION; RETAINED PLACENTA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STENT; TISSUE ADHESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS RUPTURE; UTERUS SYNECHIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; UTERUS;

EID: 84872336146     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: 15534669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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