title: Evaluation of the fallopian tube section obtained at laparoscopic fulguration.
abstract: Three hundred tubal specimens obtained at laparoscopic coagulation and resection of the tube for sterilization done in the years 1973 and 1974 were studied. Twenty-three percent of the specimens were not identifiable as of tubal origin, and there was a lack of precision in the diagnosis in 17% of the specimens. Because of the comparable results for sterilization by well-performed coagulation alone and of coagulation with resection of a segment of tube, we feel that resection, with its assocaited hazards, is unnecessary.
mesh_terms: D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000379:methods*