Management of long-term and reversible hysteroscopic sterilization: a novel device with nickel-titanium shape memory alloy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female sterilization is the second most commonly used method of contraception in the United States. Female sterilization can now be performed through laparoscopic, abdominal, or hysteroscopic approaches. The hysteroscopic sterilization may be a safer option than sterilization through laparoscopy or laparotomy because it avoids invading the abdominal cavity and undergoing general anaesthesia. Hysteroscopic sterilization mainly includes chemical agents and mechanical devices. Common issues related to the toxicity of the chemical agents used have raised concerns regarding this kind of contraception. The difficulty of the transcervical insertion of such mechanical devices into the fallopian tubes has increased the high incidence of device displacement or dislodgment. At pres

SUBMITTER: Xu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4105153 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature