Fallopian Tube Occlusion, An Alternative to Tubal Ligation

• Published in: Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 24 - 29
• Main Authors: McSwain, Hugh, Brodie, Mark F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2006
• Subjects: essure device; Fallopian Tube Patency Tests; Fallopian Tubes - surgery; Female; Fluoroscopy; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; outpatient setting; Radiography, Interventional; Sterilization, Tubal - instrumentation; Sterilization, Tubal - methods; tubal sterilization; outpatient setting; tubal sterilization; fluoroscopy; essure device

Diagnosis of fallopian tube pathology has been performed with X-rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and even nuclear medicine exams. However, fallopian tube interventions are almost exclusively the domain of fluoroscopy. Fallopian tube interventions can be divided into two categories: embo...