Abstract
Sixty-one women underwent non-surgical female sterilization with two applications of methylcyanoacrylate (MCA) at intervals of two months, three months or four months apart. Bilateral closure (as determined by hysterosalpingogram (HSG)) ranged from 86% for women with an interval of four months between applications to 100% for women with an interval of two months between applications. One pregnancy occurred in a woman three months after she was declared sterile.
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Soixante-et-une femmes ont subi une intervention non-chirurgicale de stérilisation par deux injections de méthyl-cyano-acrylate à deux, trois ou quatre mois d'intervalle. L'occlusion bilatérale (déterminée par l'hystérosalpingogramme (HSG)) allait de 86% chez les femmes dans le cas de l'intervalle de quatre mois à 100% dans le cas d'un intervalle de deux mois entre les deux injections. Une femme est tombée enceinte trois mois après avoir été déclarée stérile.
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Sesenta y una mujeres fueron esterilizadas, por un medio no quirúrgico, con dos aplicaciones de metilcianoacrilato a intervalos de dos, tres o cuatro meses. Oclusiones bilaterales (determinadas por histerosalpingograma) variaron desde un 86% en mujeres con intervalos de cuatro meses entre las aplicaciones, a un 100% para mujeres con un intervalo de dos meses entre procedimientos. Hubo un embarazo en una mujer tres meses después que fuera declarada estéril.
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Guzmán-Serani, R., Rosa, G. & Cole, L.P. Evaluation of two applications of methylcyanoacrylate for female sterilization. Adv Contracept 2, 91–95 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01849301
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01849301