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Hysteroscopic Myomectomy

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Bozzini is the first scientist who applied light to visualize insight of the human body in 1805. Then Desormeaux introduced his devise for cystoscopy and he used the term ‘endoscopie’ in 1853 (Fig. 9.1).

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  1. Hysteroscopy Unit, Del Mar University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Sergio Haimovich MD

  2. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

    Marina Eliseeva MD, PhD & Ospan A. Mynbaev MD, MSc, PhD, ScD

  3. Russian-German Center of Reproduction and Clinical Embryology, “Generation NEXT”, Moscow, Russia

    Marina Eliseeva MD, PhD

  4. International Translational Medicine and Biomodelling Research Group, Department of Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow Region, Russia

    Marina Eliseeva MD, PhD & Ospan A. Mynbaev MD, MSc, PhD, ScD

  5. Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russia

    Ospan A. Mynbaev MD, MSc, PhD, ScD

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Haimovich, S., Eliseeva, M., Mynbaev, O.A. (2015). Hysteroscopic Myomectomy. In: Tinelli, A., Malvasi, A. (eds) Uterine Myoma, Myomectomy and Minimally Invasive Treatments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10305-1_9

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