Voluntary Female Sterilization in a Military Hospital
| Autor: | Easter Mm, Hemme Ab, Warth Rl, Jones De |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
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Tubal ligation
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty Hysterectomy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Obstetrics Medical record Mortality rate medicine.medical_treatment Population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Sterilization (medicine) Family planning Medicine business Laparoscopy education |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 140:410-412 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/milmed/140.6.410 |
| Popis: | The medical records of 135 women who were sterilized in an Army hospital were evaluated. The average age of the women sterilized by tubal ligation was 28 years and the majority of these women had 2 or 3 children. Patients sterilized by hysterectomy had an average of 2.8 children and a mean age of 33 years. Tubal ligation was the most commonly employed method (94 cases). Laparoscopic procedures seemed to be as effective as colpotomy and vaginal tubal ligation but had a lower morbidity rate. Since women with gynecologic disorders often require major gynecologic surgery after tubal ligation hysterectomy is the recommended procedure for sterilization. There should be no reluctance on the physicians part to perform hysterectomy on women who elect the procedure even though it requires longer hospitalization and the risks of morbidity are greater than with other procedures. |
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