Influence of HIV infection on manifestations and natural history of other sexually transmitted diseases

Wald, A.; Corey, L.; Handsfield, H.H.; Holmes, K.K.

Annual Review of Public Health 14: 19-42

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0163-7525
PMID: 8323586
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pu.14.050193.000315
Document Number: 342736
Hydrophilically coated guide wires from two different manufacturers were tested in vitro for potential use in the fallopian tubes. Incubation of the guide wires and scrapings from the guide wires with sperm and with mouse embryos did not show any deleterious effect on sperm survivability or embryo development. These "slippery" guide wires may prove useful for fallopian tube catheterization.

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