Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 520-524 , June 2010

Improving hysterosalpingogram confirmatory test follow-up after Essure hysteroscopic sterilization

  • Maryam Guiahi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Presbyterian Hospital PH-69, New York NY 10032, USA. Fax: +1 212 305 6438.
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  • Kara N. Goldman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    • ,
  • Margaret M. McElhinney

      Affiliations

    • Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Christopher G. Olson

      Affiliations

    • Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maywood, IL 60611, USA
    • Women's Center for Health, Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL 60540, USA

Received 20 August 2009 ,Revised 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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☆ An abstract regarding data on the preintervention group was presented at the 37th Global Congress of the AAGL, October 28–November 1, 2008. The above abstract has been accepted for a poster presentation at the 58th annual American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual clinical meeting in San Francisco May 15–19, 2010.

PII: S0010-7824(10)00039-9

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.01.019

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 520-524 , June 2010

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