Plastic Operation on the Fallopian Tube

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DURING the past fifteen years there has been an increasing interest in the problem of sterility. One of the more difficult obstacles in this field has been occlusion of the oviducts. Rubin's1 establishment of a diagnostic method for determining tubal patency enabled gynecologists to make a diagnosis of occlusion while hysterosalpingography accurately localized the point of obstruction. From 1932 to 1936 Solomons,2 , 3 Bonney4 and Holden and Sovak5 presented encouraging reports concerning operative relief of sterility due to occluded tubes. As Solomons put it, "an occasional good golf shot impels the worst player to persist with the game, so occasional successes . . .

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