Female sterilization and its reversal

Rioux, Jacques-E.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-407-01720-7.50019-9

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“…As with laparoscopy, it was originally developed and used for diagnostic purposes. At present, three experimental techniques are being used to block the tubes: (a) an electric current, to coagulate the tube from the inside; (b) a chemical agent that causes the tube to scar or solidify; and (c) plugs, to obstruct the tubal lumen (39). Rioux (39) has argued that transcervical sterilizations are still experimental and fraught with difficulties.…”

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“…The FDA classified them as Class III devices (which means that they will have to undergo a full premarket approval review); at present, no hysteroscope for surgical contraception has been approved. Over time, as instruments are simplified, it may become a realistic office procedure that can be performed under local or no anesthesia (39).…”

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The Development of Contraceptive Technology: Case Studies of Incentives and Disincentives to Innovation

Gelijns

Pannenborg

1993

Int J Technol Assess Health Care

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This paper examines the characteristics of the process of innovation as applied to a range of contraceptive technologies. Whereas the understanding of how and why innovation works or does not work has grown in the past few decades in such professional fields as electronics, aviation, and optics, only the first attempts are currently under way in medicine. Borrowing from other fields, this paper proposes a theoretical underpinning to the process of innovation as it would apply to the development of medical technology. Subsequently, it documents this process with regard to contraceptive technology (oral contraceptives, injectables, intrauterine devices, implants, and surgical contraception), providing a framework of first-, second-, and third-generation definitions of development. A number of observations about the importance of certain supply- and demand-side determinants of the direction and rate of medical innovation conclude the essay.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Development Of Third-generation Procedures: Minilaparotomy mentioning

confidence: 99%