Essure: a new device for hysteroscopic tubal sterilization in an outpatient setting.

Objective: To evaluate the results of hysteroscopic placement of an intratubal device for permanent birth control in 85 women in an outpatient setting.

Design: Prospective, observational study.

Setting: Private university hospital.

Borderline cystic tumors of the ovary: gray-scale and color Doppler sonographic findings.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the value of gray-scale and color Doppler sonography in distinguishing borderline cystic tumors (BCTs) from benign cysts and malignant tumors of the ovary.

Methods: The gray-scale and color Doppler sonographic features of 383 ovarian lesions in 374 nonpregnant women were retrospectively studied. Sonography was performed transvaginally for all but 7 lesions, which were imaged suprapubically.