OBJECTIVES To evaluate the spectrum of diagnostic findings in hysterosalpingography (HSG) examinations performed at our institution between 2006-2010 and their prognostic significance for treatment decisions and fertility outcomes. METHODS Patients were filtered from our PACS. Pathological HSG studies were re-evaluated. Indications for referral, technical success and diagnostic findings were ...

While female sterilization is most commonly performed through bilateral tubal ligation, but can be performed by tubal occlusion, this paper deals only with tubal ligation (TL) in the postpartum period. For many women or couples who have completed their family, a tubal ligation in the immediate postpartum period may represent an ideal method of family planning. Having the baby and a postpartum t...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of a non-invasive, manual soft-tissue physical therapy in opening completely blocked fallopian tubes in infertile women with confirmed bilateral occlusion and a history indicative of abdominopelvic adhesions. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Clear Passage Therapies, Inc, clinic, Gainesville, Florida. PATIENTS 28 infertile women (mean age = 35.2) w...

BACKGROUND Hysteroscopic tubal sterilization is a minimally invasive alternative to laparoscopic tubal ligation for women who want permanent contraception. The procedures involves non-surgical placement of permanent microinserts into both fallopian tubes. Patients must use alternative contraception for at least 3 months postprocedure until tubal occlusion is confirmed. Compared to tubal ligatio...

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...

Only a small minority of women who are protected by contraceptive sterilization express regret about that method choice, regardless of whether they or their husbands have had the surgery, according to findings from a prospective, multicenter study.1 Within five years after their husbands’ vasectomy, 6% of women indicated that it was not a good choice; essentially the same proportion of steriliz...

Sterilisation is one of the most common procedures in the world. Around 50,000 female sterilisations are performed every year in the UK, although there is a suggestion of a worldwide downward trend in sterilisation procedures. Surgical techniques used in female sterilisation are designed to prevent pregnancy by occluding tubal patency through mechanical device application, electrocautery or by ...