Hysteroscopic sterilization with the Nd:YAG laser.
In 10 rabbits, ablation of the uterine horn endometrium and the fallopian tube was performed with the Nd:YAG laser at a power of 60 W using the touch technique.  Eight weeks postsurgery, biopsies of the tissue site were obtained showing that the endometrium and tubal mucosa were completely destroyed.  Thirty women were sterilized using a similar technique hysteroscopically.  Tubal occlusion was demonstrated by hysterosalpingography in all cases at 3 months postoperatively.
Department of Gynecology, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
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D000818:Animals; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011817:Rabbits; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000379:methods*; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology