A fifteen-year review of female sterilization by minilaparotomy under local anesthesia in Kenya

Contraception

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 249-260

  Ruminjo, Joseph K ^a   Lynam, Pamela Fenney ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b AVSC International   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Family planning; Female sterilization; Kenya; Reproductive health; Sterilization; Voluntary surgical contraception

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; LAPAROTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030823318     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(97)00004-8     Document Type: Review

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