The incidence of retained fetal bone revealed in 2000 diagnostic hysteroscopies.
Three of 2000 diagnostic hysteroscopies revealed residual fetal bony fragments in women with abnormal uterine bleeding. Removal of bony fragments by hysteroscopy is associated with therapeutic success.
Makris
Nikos
N
Hysteroscopic Unit, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandra Maternity Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Stefanidis
Konstantinos
K
Loutradis
Dimitrios
D
Anastasiadou
Kiki
K
Hatjipappas
Giannis
G
Antsaklis
Aris
A
D000027:Abortion, Incomplete; D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D011247:Pregnancy