| pubmed-article:12331819 | pubmed:otherAbstract | PIP: 210 puerperally sterilized women (1-20 years age) and 500 women of similar age and parity served as the experimental and control groups in a Calcutta hospital study. 96% of the sterilized women had the operation for socioeconomic reasons and multiparity. At sterilization mean age was 27 years 10 months and mean parity was 4.8. The group after sterilization had significantly higher rates of menorrhagia (27.6%), dysmenorrhea (18.09%), and pelvic pain (10%) than had the controls. Rates of dyspareunia and excess libido were 2.3% and 5.2% in the sterilized women, as compared with nil rates in the controls. After operation rates of hydrosalpinx, pelvic adhesions, abdominal incision hernias, and scar endometriosis were 4.76%, 3.8% 4.7%, and .4%, respectively. No significant psychological sequelae occurred. The pregnancy rate after sterilization was .4%. It is concluded that sterilization will be more acceptable to poor women if the method can be improved so less side effects occur. | lld:pubmed |
