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Quinacrine Hydrochloride Pellets: Preliminary Data on a Nonsurgical Method of Female Sterilization
Author(s) -
Zipper Jaime,
Cole Lynda Painter,
Goldsmith Alfredo,
Wheeler Robert,
Rivera Mirtha
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00496.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sterilization (economics) , female sterilization , tubal occlusion , pregnancy rate , pregnancy , research methodology , surgery , family planning , population , genetics , environmental health , biology , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
The efficacy of transcervical insertions of quinacrine hydrochloride pellets to produce tubal occlusion has been evaluated in a study of 139 women in Santiago, Chile. At one year, the pregnancy rate was 3.1%, an acceptable rate for a nonsurgical method of female sterilization.