TY - JOUR
AU - Ball, Alexis
AB - between the rabbit and human female re- Conceptus Inc, San Carlos, A potential method of nonsurgical tubal steriliza- California; §Assistant Professor, productive tracts. tion was tested in rabbits to gain Food and Drug Pathology, Oregon Health Sciences Administration (FDA) approval for testing in Several methods of contraception and University, Portland, Oregon; women. The study design consisted of 37 rabbits, ¶Professor and Chairman, sterilization are currently available; however, with 74 reproductive tracts that received either no Radiologie et Imagerie Medicale, all have their limitations. The need for addi- CHU Dupuytren, Limoges cedex, intervention (22 tracts), catheterization only (23 France; Professor, Radiology, tional safe, low-cost, reliable methods of ster- tracts), or attempt at placement of a metal device in University of British Columbia, the fallopian tube (29 tracts) using a combination ilization, both in developed and less devel- Vancouver BC, Canada; **Clinical of hysteroscopic and fluoroscopic catheterization. 1 oped countries is well recognized. A metal and Regulatory Consultant ABD, Animals were bred and then euthanized, and con- former Director Clinical Research device deployed from the end of a guidewire traceptive effect documented. and Regulatory Affairs, Conceptus, No embryos were found in the 14 uteri asso- placed by hysteroscopic/fluoroscopic fallo- San Carlos, 
TI - Nonsurgical Sterilization Using the ESSURE Device in the Fallopian Tubes: Results in Rabbits
JF - Journal of Women's Imaging
DO - 10.1097/01.jwi.0000129889.15130.ce
DA - 2004-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/nonsurgical-sterilization-using-the-essure-device-in-the-fallopian-CnqG0cke1v
SP - 75
EP - 80
VL - 6
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -