title: Endoscopic transvaginal approach to the rabbit uterine cervix: improvement in the technique of selective tubal catheterization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors compared two methods of selective fallopian tube catheterization in female rabbits.
  
  
  METHODS
  Technical success rates and procedure times in two groups of animals were compared. Group 1 consisted of 20 female rabbits catheterized with a fluoroscopic technique. Group 2 consisted of 55 rabbits catheterized with a combination of endoscopic and fluoroscopic guidance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The technique used in group 2 allowed a statistically significant reduction in the time required for cervical catheterization and the total procedural time (P < .01). There was a parallel statistically significant reduction in fluoroscopy time (P < .01). Technical success rates and adverse effects were similar for the two techniques.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combined endoscopic-fluoroscopic technique requires a shorter time than the established fluoroscopic technique and should be considered for future selective tubal catheterization experiments in rabbits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Centre Medico-chirurgical Beausoleil, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Maubon
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Thurmond
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nikolchev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khera
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Machan
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rouanet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D004724:Endoscopy; D005187:Fallopian Tubes; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D011817:Rabbits; D015641:Radiography, Interventional