The use of a new gel foam for the evaluation of tubal patency

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-156

  Van Schoubroeck, Dominique ^a   Van Den Bosch, Thierry ^a   Meuleman, Christel ^a   Tomassetti, Carla ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^a   Timmerman, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fertility; Gel foam; Hysterosalpingo contrast sonography; Tubal patency

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOPERTUBATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; GEL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; LAPAROSCOPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBAL PATENCY; UTERINE TUBE;

ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876805682     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345865     Document Type: Article

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