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Laparoscopic findings in 200 asymptomatic, healthy women having a sterilization were recorded; 148 patients (74%) had no abnormality and 52 patients had abnormalities comprising pelvic adhesions (14%), uterine fibromyomas (5%), endometriosis (3%) and ovarian or parovarian cysts (2%).
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Trimbos, J.B., Trimbos-Kemper, G.C.M., Peters, A.A.W. et al. Findings in 200 consecutive asymptomatic women, having a laparoscopic sterilization. Arch Gynecol Obstet 247, 121–124 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02390859
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