AN IMPROVED UTERINE FLUSHING CURETTE.

Dull Wire Curette

Since the discovery by Recamier in 18501 of the presence of "intrauterine fungosities" as a cause of metrorrhagia, and his recommendation of the curette with subacute edges known by his name for their removal, the majority of gynecological text-books have mentioned these growths and their operative treatment. Only in Meigs (1851), Churchill (1857), and Hewitt (1872) do I find no reference to th...

An Improved Data Flushing MAC Protocol for IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ad Hoc Network

In this paper, we propose a data flushing data transfer (DFDT) protocol. The distributed coordinate function (DCF) of IEEE 802.11 supports data transmissions using the data-ACK method and the request-to-send/clear-to-send (RTS/CTS) method. The data-ACK method has low protocol overhead, however, the transmissions are prone to collision. Although the RTS/CTS mechanism reduces the probability of c...

Exhibition of Dull Wire Curette

Concentration of leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) in uterine flushing fluid is highly predictive of embryo implantation.

BACKGROUND There is strong evidence that locally secreted cytokines control the implantation process and can cause implantation failure. Uterine flushing fluids were analysed to determine their concentrations of leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF). METHODS AND RESULTS We began by flushing the uterine cavities of 33 infertile patients on day 26 of two consecutive...

Preovulatory uterine flushing with saline as a treatment for unexplained infertility: a randomised controlled trial protocol.

INTRODUCTION In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is the treatment of choice for unexplained infertility. Preovulatory uterine flushing could reduce intrauterine debris and inflammatory factors preventing pregnancy and constitute an alternative to IVF. Our objective is to assess the efficacy of preovulatory uterine flushing with physiological saline for the treatment of unexplained infertility. METHO...