Evaluation of two applications of methylcyanoacrylate for female sterilization

Adv Contracept. 1986 Mar;2(1):91-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01849301.

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 women three months after she was declared sterile.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cyanoacrylates / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterosalpingography
  • Sterilization, Reproductive / methods*

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates
  • methyl 2-cyanoacrylate