Effective thermal destruction of residual tubal epithelium using an advanced sealing device in opportunistic salpingectomy: A randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effectiveness of proximal tube destruction at the uterine cornu by additional application of a sealing device.

Methods

A single-center randomized trial was conducted on 40 patients receiving a laparo-endoscopic single-site hysterectomy with opportunistic salpingectomy. We randomized patients into two groups at the time of admission to determine the laterality of additional thermal cauterization. Additional thermal cauterization for 10 seconds was applied on the right cornu in one group and on the left cornu in the other group. Three pieces of cornual tissue from each cornu were biopsied. One gynecological pathologist examined the cornual tissue to determine the residual tubal epithelium (TE) and thermal destruction of the specimens.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Choi HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6135172 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature