Hysteroscopic sterilization--a routine method?

V Rimkus; K Semm

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Hysteroscopic sterilization--a routine method?

V Rimkus·K Semm

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Our intention was to sterilize 50 women by means of hysteroscopic sterilization, and we were unsuccessful in 60% of these cases. All these women ran the risk of another pregnancy with hysteroscopic sterilization alone. Therefore--in our opinion--the method of hysteroscopic sterilization by thermocoagulation of the intramural part of the tubes is not yet a routine method, at least not before another modification of this method or instruments makes it possible to obtain better results.

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V Rimkus, K Semm. 1977. Hysteroscopic sterilization--a routine method?. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20412/

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