The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the association between ideal number of children (INC) and female sterilization. A nested case-control study was performed through a secondary analysis of data from a cohort study on the reproductive health of women in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 3,878 women were included, 1,012 being sterilized (cases). The relationship between INC and numb...

Clinical study on laparoscopic evaluation of two different techniques of sterilization was carried out in 60 healthy female Rhesus macaques divided into two equal groups viz., ovariectomy (Group I; n=30), tubectomy (group II; n=30). After anesthesia , animals were placed in Trendelenburg’s position on a tilted surgical table. Two pre-umbilical ports were created for insertion of forceps and lap...

Vasectomy was once the most common birth control method in both Sichuan Province, China and the world. However, since the 1990s the prevalence of vasectomy in Sichuan, has declined significantly compared to female sterilization in Sichuan and national prevalence of male/female sterilization during the same period. To explore possible reasons for this decline, 27 focus group discussions (FGDs) a...

Background: Female sterilization is a surgical procedure which permanently prevents pregnancy it works by blocking the fallopian tube and hence also known as tubal ligation. However, female can be performed at puerperal or postpartum period. Methods: In this retrospective study, we will analyze sterilizations evaluate factors that play significant role among women for option. Results: During st...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the rates of tubal occlusion, pregnancy, and side effects of repeated, monthly transcervical insertions of 252 mg quinacrine as pellets. DESIGN Clinical trial among 159 reproductive age women receiving two monthly transcervical insertions of 252 mg of quinacrine followed by hysterosalpingograms (HSGs) 1 month after last insertion and an additional monthly insertion am...

BACKGROUND The recent decline in fertility in India has been unprecedented especially in southern India, where fertility is almost exclusively controlled by means of permanent contraceptive methods, mainly female sterilization, which constitutes about two-thirds of overall contraceptive use. Many Indian women undergo sterilization at relatively young ages as a consequence of early marriage and ...