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Microsurgical tubal anastomosis for sterilization reversal. 1977

P Paterson, and C Wood, and B Downing

A series of patients requesting sterilization reversal has been reviewed. Microsurgical tubal anastomosis has been successfully employed and offers improved surgical results. Minimization of the length of tube damaged at sterilization procedures is probably a major factor in determining pregnancy rates should subsequent reversal be desired.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008866	Microsurgery	The performance of surgical procedures with the aid of a microscope.
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D005187	Fallopian Tubes	A pair of highly specialized canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM transport from the ovaries and they are the site of the ovum's final maturation and FERTILIZATION. The fallopian tube consists of an interstitium, an isthmus, an ampulla, an infundibulum, and fimbriae. Its wall consists of three layers: serous, muscular, and an internal mucosal layer lined with both ciliated and secretory cells.	Oviducts, Mammalian,Salpinges, Uterine,Salpinx, Uterine,Uterine Salpinges,Uterine Salpinx,Fallopian Tube,Uterine Tubes,Mammalian Oviduct,Mammalian Oviducts,Oviduct, Mammalian,Tube, Fallopian,Tube, Uterine,Tubes, Fallopian,Tubes, Uterine,Uterine Tube
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013243	Sterilization Reversal	Procedures to reverse the effect of REPRODUCTIVE STERILIZATION and to regain fertility. Reversal procedures include those used to restore the flow in the FALLOPIAN TUBE or the VAS DEFERENS.	Fallopian Tube Reanastomosis,Tubal Reanastomosis,Vas Deferens Reanastomosis,Vas Reanastomosis,Fallopian Tube Reanastomoses,Reanastomoses, Fallopian Tube,Reanastomoses, Tubal,Reanastomoses, Vas Deferens,Reanastomosis, Fallopian Tube,Reanastomosis, Tubal,Reanastomosis, Vas Deferens,Sterilization Reversals,Tubal Reanastomoses,Vas Deferens Reanastomoses
D013246	Sterilization, Tubal	Procedures that render the female sterile by interrupting the flow in the FALLOPIAN TUBE. These procedures generally are surgical, and may also use chemicals or physical means.	Ligation, Tubal,Tubal Ligation,Aldridge Procedure,Chemical Tubal Occlusion,Cooke Method,Cornual Coagulation,Fimbriectomy,Irving Method,Kroener Fimbriectomy,Kroener Method,Madlener Method,Nonchemical Tubal Occlusion,Occlusion, Chemical Tubal,Occlusion, Nonchemical Tubal,Pomeroy Method,Pomeroy Sterilization,Tubal Occlusion,Tubal Occlusion, Chemical,Tubal Occlusion, Nonchemical,Tubal Rings,Uchida Method,Chemical Tubal Occlusions,Coagulations, Cornual,Cornual Coagulations,Fimbriectomies,Fimbriectomy, Kroener,Ligations, Tubal,Nonchemical Tubal Occlusions,Ring, Tubal,Rings, Tubal,Sterilization, Pomeroy,Sterilizations, Tubal,Tubal Ligations,Tubal Occlusions,Tubal Occlusions, Chemical,Tubal Occlusions, Nonchemical,Tubal Ring,Tubal Sterilization,Tubal Sterilizations