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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.
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