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Semin intervent Radiol 2013; 30(04): 381-387
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1359732
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Fallopian Tube Catheterization

Amy Suzanne Thurmond
1   Womens Imaging and Intervention, Portland, Oregon
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20 November 2013 (online)

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Abstract

Fallopian tube catheterization is used for treatment of infertility caused by proximal tubal occlusion, and has replaced surgical treatment for this condition. More recently, fallopian tube catheterization has been used for tubal sterilization. Interventional radiologists tested numerous methods for tubal occlusion using the rabbit as an animal model. As a result, a tubal device has recently been Food and Drug Administration approved for permanent sterilization using hysteroscopic guidance; it can also be placed fluoroscopically by fallopian tube catheterization as an “off-label” procedure. This is a 5-year continuation and update on a procedure that has been done by interventional radiologists for 25 years; history of the development of fallopian tube catheterization in women has been published in detail in this journal. Highlighted in this article will be description of the basic components needed for fallopian tube catheterization.

Keywords

fallopian tube - fertility - sterilization - interventional radiology
 

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