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LAPAROSCOPIC STERILIZATION WITH A SPRING‐LOADED CLIP
Author(s) -
Kumarasamy Thampu,
Hulka Jaroslav F.,
Mercer Jack P.,
Fishburne John I.,
Omran Khairia F.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00408.x
Subject(s) - clips , medicine , sterilization (economics) , surgery , spring (device) , general anaesthesia , laparoscopy , female sterilization , anesthesia , research methodology , engineering , family planning , mechanical engineering , population , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange , environmental health
Summary A spring‐loaded clip designed to be inserted through a 10 mm. diameter laparoscope was applied under local analgesia to the Fallopian tubes of 297 patients between September 1972 and November 1973. In three other patients the procedure was carried out under general anaesthesia. Apart from vasovagal reactions which occurred in 25 patients there were no major complications. Up to November 1973 four pregnancies were reported; they were all due to faulty application of the clips.