Toxicological requirements for sclerosing agents or other chemicals for female sterilization
Heywood, R.
International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 51(Suppl): S41-S45
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-7292 PMID: 8904514 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(95)90368-2Document Number: 303475
There are no guidelines regulating the technologies available for Fallopian tube occlusion. Generally accepted regulatory requirements cannot be applied directly to the safety assessment of these technologies. The more appropriate guidelines are those regulating medical devices. Each method has to be evaluated on its own merits taking into consideration the duration of contact with tissue and the chemical and physical composition of the occlusive agents.