Tubal sterilization: Focus on the U.S. experience

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 913-922

  Westhoff, Carolyn ^a   Davis, Anne ^a  

^a Coll Phys Surgs Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral tubal ligation; Female sterilization; Ovarian cancer; Sterilization failure; Sterilization reversal; Tubal sterilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FEMALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

AMERICAS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION FAILURE; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE STERILIZATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; REVERSIBILITY; STERILIZATION, SEXUAL; TUBAL OCCLUSION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033995864     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00481-7     Document Type: Article

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