Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 1175-1179 , October 2008

Robotic tubal anastomosis: surgical technique and cost effectiveness

  • Sejal P. Dharia Patel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sejal P. Dharia Patel, M.D., Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University, 1654 Upham Drive, Means Hall Room 567, Columbus, Ohio 43210 (FAX: 614-293-5877).
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  • Michael P. Steinkampf, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Alabama Fertility Specialists, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Scott J. Whitten, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
    • ,
  • Beth A. Malizia, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 12 March 2007 ,Revised 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 5 July 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)03145-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1392

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 1175-1179 , October 2008

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