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Two hundred out‐patient laparoscopic clip sterilizations using local anaesthesia
Author(s) -
MACKENZIE I. Z.,
TURNER EILEEN,
O'SULLIVAN G. M.,
GUILLEBAUD J.
Publication year - 1987
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.1471-0528.1987.tb03124.x
Subject(s) - clips , medicine , sterilization (economics) , general anaesthesia , surgery , anesthesia , laparoscopy , complication , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
Summary Female sterilization using clips applied laparoscopically under local anaesthesia was used in 200 women. Apart from two patients in whom there were technical difficulties, the operation was completed without complication and without immediate or delayed morbidity. The technique, which avoids the risks of general anaesthesia, is commended as a safe, simple method of sterilization suitable for, and acceptable to, the majority of women.