Surgical sterilisation is one of the most important methods of fertility control in India. There is a need to study non-surgical methods of tubal occlusion. Several chemical agents are presently being tried in experimental animals but only a few can be used in humans. The ideal chemical should be effective, inexpensive, easily available and easy to administer. Most chemicals used for sterilisat...

In many parts of the world, sterilization has become the leading method of fertility control (1). The need to make this procedure s impler , safer , and less expensive-and thereby more acceptable, even in countr ies with limited surgical facilities-is well recognized. Consequently, in the past three decades, various chemicals have been used to accomplish tubal occlusion through transcervical in...

We reviewed the place of tubal surgery in the era of assisted reproductive technology. Reversal of tubal ligation is one of the main indications for tubal microsurgery. Adhesiolysis has the best results if the adhesion is the only factor responsible for infertility. There are no differences between adhesiolysis by laparoscopy or by laparotomy, and so laparoscopy must be preferred. Proximal tuba...

OBJECTIVE We analyzed the results of laparoscopic tubal surgery performed at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Kiel, between 1999 and 2000. A retrospective review of 236 tubal surgical procedures was conducted: (1) patients with ectopic pregnancies, unilateral or bilateral tubal occlusions or alterations and (2) medically indicated sterilizations and salpingectomies. ...

A follow-up study of 499 women who un'derwent sterilization between August 1973 and May 1976 at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, and had long-term (4-12 years post-surgery) follow-up is described. Women were sterilized through participation in one of three studies conducted at this hospital. In the first study, 124 underwent sterilization using the Hulka clip via laparoscopy; 67.7% of...