Retinal embolism after hysterosalpingography.
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Retinal embolism after hysterosalpingography.
Operation Hysterosalpingography was carried out under general anaesthesia using iodized poppy-seed oil containing 40 per cent. iodine (Lipiodol "F" Fluide, Laboratoires Andre Guerbet). The contrast medium was injected into the uterus under fluoroscopic control using a portable image intensifier. The Fallopian tubes appeared to be patent and a uterine septum was present. In a radiograph taken af...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.57.3.166