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Hysterectomy following sterilization
Author(s) -
TEMPLETON A. A.,
COLE SUSAN
Publication year - 1982
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.1471-0528.1982.tb05038.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sterilization (economics) , hysterectomy , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , surgery , biology , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , genetics , foreign exchange
Summary. Using record linkage data derived from Scottish hospital discharge summaries, admissions to gynaecological units and hysterectomy rates have been studied following sterilization. The average annual gynaecological admission rate per 1000 women was 43·7 in the group of sterilized women and 21·5 in the control subjects. The average annual hysterectomy rate was 9·3 in the sterilized women and 2·5 in the control subjects. Although there were differences in age and pregnancy number between cases and controls, these did not account for the observed differences. This study was not able to determine whether the increase in gynaecological morbidity was due to the sterilization procedure or to the characteristics of the women sterilized.