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. 2003 May;68(3):191-5.

[Distension media in hysteroscopy--use and complications]

[Article in Czech]
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  • PMID: 12879659

[Distension media in hysteroscopy--use and complications]

[Article in Czech]
E Kucera. Ceska Gynekol. 2003 May.

Abstract

Objective: Review of distending media used in hysteroscopic surgery.

Type of study: Overview.

Setting: Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague.

Methods: Analysis of data from the literature.

Results: The author reviewed the use of distending media in hysteroscopic surgery with most serious complication--fluid overload syndrome.

Conclusion: Fluid overload syndromee is a very dangerous and often underestimated complication during hysteroscopic surgery which needs immediate and appropriate management.

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