Laparoscopic sterilization with electrocautery, silastic bands and spring-loaded clips: report of our experience with 790 patients.

A comparative study was carried out in 790 women undergoing one of the 3 most frequently used laparoscopic sterlization techniques: high-frequency unipolar electrocoagulation of the tubes, application of silastic rings or spring-loaded clips to the tubes. The technical problems and per- and postoperative (early) complications are assessed. The use of high-frequency unipolar current has been superseded by today's mechanical and non-electrical sterilization methods.

The gonadotropin-resistant ovary syndrome in association with secondary amenorrhea.

A young patient with secondary amenorrhea and primary infertility is described. After a gynecological-endocrinological exploration including laparoscopy, the diagnosis indicates secondary hypergonadotropic, hypo-estrogenic normo-androgenic amenorrhea. The anatomopathological examination of an ovarian biopsy revealed an intact follicular apparatus, thus disproving the suspected diagnosis of climacterium praecox.