Postoperative pelvic adhesions are a leading cause of secondary infertility, chronic pain, and bowel obstruction following gynecologic surgery, making adhesion prevention a primary surgical quality metric in NaProTECHNOLOGY. PEARS technique integrates continuous peritoneal irrigation, meticulous tissue handling, avoidance of foreign-body contamination, and selective use of barrier agents to minimize the fibrinous cascade that initiates adhesion formation.
Hilgers TW2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
Distal tubal occlusion — including hydrosalpinx, fimbrial agglutination, and peritubal adhesions — is a correctable cause of tubal-factor infertility amenable to salpingoneostomy, fimbrioplasty, and a...
Hilgers TW et al.2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
Family physicians are optimally positioned to introduce NaProTECHNOLOGY to patients presenting with infertility, irregular cycles, or recurrent pregnancy loss during routine primary care, enabling ear...
Hilgers TW2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
Cumulative pregnancy and live birth data from the Pope Paul VI Institute document NaProTECHNOLOGY outcomes across diagnostic categories including unexplained infertility, endometriosis, PCOD, and tuba...
Hilgers TW et al.2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
The FertilityCare Practitioner (FCP) is the trained educator and coach who teaches the Creighton Model FertilityCare System to clients, standardizes charting methodology, and serves as the primary dat...