Tubal risk markers for failure to place transcervical sterilization coils

Genitourinaty Intervention Reversal of ‘Sterilization due to Application of Quinacrine by Means of Transcervical Tubal Catheterization1

l From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology (A.S.T.) and Public Health and Preventive Medicine (E.K.), Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland; the Department of Radiology, Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center, Portland, Ore (M.K.J.); and the Indian Rural Medical Association, Calcutta, India (B.M.). Received April 20,1994; revision requested June 5; revision received June 22; accepted Ju...

Risk factors for uterine fibroids among women undergoing tubal sterilization.

Uterine leiomyomas are reported to be the most common benign gynecologic tumors affecting premenopausal women, and they are often associated with considerable morbidity. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for uterine fibroids among women undergoing tubal sterilization. Cases comprised women aged 17-44 years whose uterine fibroids were first visualized at the time of tubal st...

Delivery Actuator for a Transcervical Sterilization Device

Risk factors for tubal sterilization regret, detectable before surgery.

Brazil has one of the highest prevalence rates of female surgical sterilization in the world. At the same time there is an increased demand for sterilization reversal. In order to understand which women tend to later request reversal of the procedure, a case-control study was carried out comparing 216 women who requested reversal with sterilized women who did not, paired by year of surgery. The...

Transcervical quinacrine sterilization: clinical experience.

OBJECTIVE To review the use of quinacrine pellets for non-surgical female sterilization. BACKGROUND The transcervical insertion of quinacrine pellets has been under study for over 15 years. It could potentially expand access to sterilization services, because it is relatively simple to administer, with the use of a modified IUD inserter, and is inexpensive. METHODS Published and unpublished...