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Female Tubal Sterilization: Traditional and Research Methods

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An easy, safe, effective, inexpensive long-term method of preventing pregnancy has been sought for decades and is especially needed in the developing world. The safety and efficacy of female sterilization have made it one of the most commonly performed operations. Although male sterilization is faster, safer, and cheaper, female sterilization allows a woman to personally control her own reproductive potential, Although the ideal method of sterilization remains elusive, the advent of an effective hysteroscopic approach represents a significant advance in moving female sterilization from an expensive, complex operating room procedure to a more simple office setting. Future research will focus upon finding even less complex methods that may be performed by paramedical personnel, methods that are more easily reversible, methods that reduce or prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, and methods that may be employed at any time in a menstrual cycle without regard to the patient’s pregnancy status.

Keywords

  • Reproductive control
  • Hysteroscopic approach
  • Postpartum methods
  • Mid-tubal salpingectomy
  • Fimbriectomy
  • Laparotomy
  • Minilaparotomy
  • Silastic rings
  • Laparoscopic clips
  • Transcervical
  • Endometrial ablation
  • Hysterectomy

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March, C.M. (2016). Female Tubal Sterilization: Traditional and Research Methods. In: Shoupe, D., Mishell, Jr., D. (eds) The Handbook of Contraception. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20185-6_13

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