[en] In 10 rabbits, ablation of the uterine horn endometrium and the fallopian tube was performed with the Nd:YAG laser at a power of 60 W using the touch technique. Eight weeks postsurgery, biopsies of the tissue site were obtained showing that the endometrium and tubal mucosa were completely destroyed. Thirty women were sterilized using a similar technique hysteroscopically. Tubal occlusion was demonstrated by hysterosalpingography in all cases at 3 months postoperatively.
Disciplines :
Reproductive medicine (gynecology, andrology, obstetrics)
Author, co-author :
Donnez, Jacques
Malvaux, Vincent
NISOLLE, Michelle ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Gynécologie-Obstétrique CHR
Casanas-Roux, Françoise
Language :
English
Title :
Hysteroscopic sterilization with the Nd:YAG laser.
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