NON-ELECTRIC LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION - EXPERIENCE WITH A SILASTIC BAND

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 48  (4) , 494-496
Abstract
In an attempt to avoid the serious complications of electrosurgical sterilization via laparoscopy, specially designed applicators were used to apply a silastic band to the fallopian tube, thereby occluding it. Two hundred and eighty cases were performed, 70 of which were followed for more than 1 yr. There have been no pregnancies. Complications resulted when the tube was excessively thickened, when the tube was fixed in position by adhesion, or when the tube was grasped too close to the cornua or too rapidly. These complications were relatively few and can be easily avoided.

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