Hot water as a tubal occluding agent.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-1979
Abstract
Experimental studies in living rabbits and autopsy human oviducts are presented which demonstrate a reasonable possibility that one could introduce hot water into the proximal portion of the human oviduct with a hysteroscope or balloon catheter, to destroy the epithelium of the first portion of that structure, leading to its occlusion, while still maintaining safety for the woman because the water would cool to tolerable temperatures before it entered the peritoneal cavity. Before trying the procedure in human beings, research on non-human primates is clearly needed.
Volume
19
Issue
5
First Page
433
Last Page
442
ISSN
0010-7824
Published In/Presented At
Moulding, T. S., & Sirotta, P. S. (1979). Hot water as a tubal occluding agent. Contraception, 19(5), 433–442. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-7824(79)90058-1
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
467052
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article