Does surgery improve live birth rates in patients with recurrent miscarriage caused by uterine anomalies?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-158

  Sugiura Ogasawara, M ^a   Lin, B L ^b   Aoki, K ^c   Maruyama, T ^d   Nakatsuka, M ^e   Ozawa, N ^f   Sugi, T ^g   Takeshita, T ^h   Nishida, M ⁱ  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Aoki Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^g Laboratory for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss   (Japan)

^h NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

ⁱ National Hospital Organization Kasumigaura Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bicornuate uterus; Congenital uterine anomaly; Metroplasty; Recurrent pregnancy loss; Septate uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT ABORTION; SEPTATE UTERUS; TRANSCERVICAL RESECTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS SURGERY; ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, HABITUAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; UTERUS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; UTERUS;

EID: 84921029776     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2014.936839     Document Type: Article

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