Failures following tubal sterilisation.

Tubal sterilisation is a common, effective and permanent method of contraception widely used in our country. Like all contraceptive methods this surgical technique also occasionally fails. Probably the only surgical technique that guarantees sterilisation in future is surgical remov;al of both ovaries a totally unacceptable procedure or a total hysterectomy. Failure rate of tubal sterilisation varies with the technique employed and timing of sterilisation. The wider the usage of the method, the greater will be the number of failures and if follow up is meticulous over a long time, the greater will be the chances of detection of failure.