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Photograph of the distal end of the right fallopian tube that has been surgically opened (procedure called “fimbrioplasty”) using char free power settings and an ultrapulse CO2 laser. The fallopian tube has 4-5 (longitudinal) incisions toward the body of the uterus to result in a stellate (star shaped) opening (which has less of a chance of postoperative re-closure), blue dye is seen pouring from the newly opened end (an inert blue tinged fluid is pushed into the cervix and the uterine cavity through the fallopian tubes during this sort of surgery to facilitate identification of the inner lumen of the tubes that contain this fluid), hemostasis that has been assured using bipolar cautery along the cut edges of the tube, and an inner lumen that is still lined with delicate rugated tissue (a bald flat inner lumen is discouraging).
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