Survey of Australasian clinicians’ prior beliefs concerning lipiodol flushing as a treatment for infertility: A Bayesian study

Objective:  To evaluate clinicians’ beliefs concerning the effectiveness of lipiodol flushing as a treatment for unexplained infertility, and to integrate these prior beliefs with evidence from randomised trials.

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