title: Continuous real-time monitoring of patient fluid status during hysteroscopic surgery.
abstract: Although the development of continuous-flow resectoscopes has revolutionized hysteroscopic surgery, the necessity of using electrolyte-free irrigating solutions to distend the uterus has also introduced a risk of serious or fatal clinical complications should a patient absorb an excessive volume of fluid during the operation.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kresch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hutchinson