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An international program for the assessment of tubal anastomosis by microsurgical technique: A preliminary report
Author(s) -
Rock John A.,
Burkman Ronald T.,
Genadry René,
King Theodore M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920020111
Subject(s) - medicine , sterilization (economics) , microsurgery , surgery , general surgery , family planning , anastomosis , female sterilization , population , research methodology , environmental health , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
This report outlines a microsurgical training program that has established 16 centers around the world for the reversal of sterilization by microsurgical technique and for the evaluation of such procedures. An obstetrician‐gynecologist was selected from each of several developing countries where an existing family planning program was responsible for a large number of sterilization procedures. Each course participant attended a 2‐week course in microsurgical techniques for tubal anastomosis and then returned to his or her home country to establish a microsurgical center for sterilization reversal. Each of these centers has since been evaluated by the program director and is fully operational.