OBJECTIVE To determine fertility outcomes following laparoscopic tubal re-anastomosis. DESIGN Retrospective mail follow-up. SETTING Specialised private gynaecological endoscopy practice. POPULATION OR SAMPLE 19 women who underwent laparoscopic tubal reanastomosis following tubal sterilisation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pregnancy rate and 'take home baby' rate. RESULTS 15 (78.9%) of women ...

Hormonal contraceptive pills containing 750 microgram levonorgestrel are the most commonly used postcoital contraceptive method because of their high efficacy and fewer side effects. Emergency contraceptive pills containing levonorgestrel present their effects by several mechanisms, including delayed tubal transport of the ovum. A delay of tubal transportation of an ovum is also one of the poss...

Objective Tubal sterilization is a widespread method of contraception. Post-sterilization regret is encountered, despite careful consideration prior to the procedure. Two treatment options are available for women after having had tubal sterilization: microsurgical reversal and IVF treatment. Recent improvements in laparoscopy have allowed tubal reanastomosis to be performed. This study aimed to...

Ectopic pregnancy denotes a pregnancy occurring elsewhere than in the cavity of the uterus. This pathology has been recognised for years and it causes numerous maternal deaths during the first trimester of pregnancy. While this condition is well-known in humans, it is rarely diagnosed in animals. However, the causes and mechanisms leading to an ectopic implantation of the ovum are not always cl...

Intravaginal infection with C. muridarum in mice often results in hydrosalpinx similar to that found in women urogenitally infected with C. trachomatis, making the C. muridarum lower genital tract infection murine model suitable for studying C. trachomatis pathogenesis. To our surprise, DBA1/j mice were highly resistant to hydrosalpinx following an intravaginal infection with C. muridarum altho...

Attempts to utilize pharmacologically active agents to close the fallopian tubes date back at least to 1849 when Froriep reported passing a cannula transcervically to the uterine tubal ostia and cauterizing the tubal lumen with a nitric acid-coated probe.14 Salgado reported in 194 1 that Brazilian midwives lavaged the uterine cavity with a mixture of tincture of iodine and carbolic acid as a co...

This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of menstrual dysfunction and hysterectomy rates up to 10 years after tubal ligation in women in Counties Manukau District Health Board. 213 women who underwent tubal ligation in year 2004 were followed up over 10 years in a retrospective observational study looking at the prevalence of menstrual dysfunction in these women after tubal ligation. Their cl...

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality amongst women of reproductive age. Tubal EP is well described in industrialised countries, but less is known about its impact in low-resource countries, in particular in the South Pacific Region. METHODS We undertook a retrospective review of women with tubal EP treated at a provincial referral hospital in coas...