USE OF HYDROPHILIC GUIDE WIRES IN THE FALLOPIAN-TUBES - EFFECT ON SPERM SURVIVAL AND MOUSE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT

Authors
THURMOND AS
Citation
As. Thurmond, USE OF HYDROPHILIC GUIDE WIRES IN THE FALLOPIAN-TUBES - EFFECT ON SPERM SURVIVAL AND MOUSE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT, Radiology, 188(1), 1993, pp. 276-276
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
188
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
276 - 276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1993)188:1<276:UOHGWI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Hydrophilically coated guide wires from two different manufacturers we re tested in vitro for potential use in the fallopian tubes. Incubatio n of the guide wires and scrapings from the guide wires with sperm and with mouse embryos did not show any deleterious effect on sperm survi vability or embryo development. These ''slippery'' guide wires may pro ve useful for fallopian tube catheterization.