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Menstrual changes after tubal sterilization. Obstet Gynecol 1983 Dec;62(6):673-81

Date

12/01/1983

Pubmed ID

6633993

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0021015510 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   48 Citations

Abstract

The authors used data from a multicenter prospective study of female sterilization surgery to study changes in menstrual function following tubal sterilization. Duration of menstrual bleeding, menstrual cycle length, cycle regularity, amount of menstrual bleeding, menstrual pain, and intermenstrual bleeding were examined. The authors followed 2456 women for two years after tubal sterilization surgery. Each woman served as her own control; her menstrual function at the two-year follow-up interview was compared with her menstrual function at the preoperative interview. Except for menstrual pain among women who underwent unipolar electrocoagulation procedures, there was no increase in the prevalence of adverse menstrual function after tubal sterilization. For all menstrual variables, 50% or more of women with adverse function preoperatively had an improvement by two years after tubal sterilization.

Author List

DeStefano F, Huezo CM, Peterson HB, Rubin GL, Layde PM, Ory HW

Author

Peter M. Layde MS, MD Emeritus Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Adult
Electrocoagulation
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Menstruation
Menstruation Disturbances
Prospective Studies
Sterilization, Tubal
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