Sterilization is a process that eliminates or kills all microbes, including transmissible agents present on a surface, contained in a fluid, medication or biological culture media (UCLA Department Epidemiology). Dry heat sterilization is one of the important methods of eliminating microbes, as it coagulates the proteins in an organism, causing oxidative free radical damage thus leading to cell ...

The state of West Bengal has witnessed fertility transition during the last decade, though the level of infant and child mortality remained at a high level, particularly among the socio-economically disadvantaged communities. At the same time, the adoption of female sterilization has increased substantially. Adoption of sterilization in low fertility situation combined with relatively higher le...

introduction: regret after sterilization, not only requires an expensive surgical procedure for recanalization, but also can affect the couples’ inter and intra-relationships. whence, undergoing sterilization in sistan and baluchestan has the lowest rate compared to other provinces, the habitants’ regret after sterilization may further discourage other volunteers of the procedures. therefore, t...

Peterson HB, Lube11 I, DeStefano F, Ory HW (Family Planning Evaluation Division, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia. and the Association for Voluntary Sterilization, Inc., New York, NY, USA). The safety and efficacy of tubal sterilization. An international overview. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 21: 139-144, 1983 This article presents a synthesis of some of the major.puMished studies on the ...

Male and female sterilization is used in many countries worldwide as a permanent method of contraception. Failure rates for female sterilization are affected by age at sterilization and by the method of tubal occlusion. Laparoscopic sterilization has low complication rates but is not available in parts of the developing world due to the lack of facilities, equipment and expertise. Less invasive...

Volume 28, Number 6, November/December 1996 volving Church-run institutions. In May 1996, a Catholic health care facility in Troy, New York, agreed, as part of an out-ofcourt settlement, to provide referrals and follow-up for family planning and contraceptive sterilization services. This settlement brought to a close the nation’s first case to challenge the merger of a sectarian and a nonsectar...

Background: Tubal microsurgical recanalization is a procedure which restores the fertility in women who have undergone sterilization voluntarily, thinking that her family complete. However due to unforeseen circumstances, 1–3% of these subsequently demand reversal sterilization. Aims and Objectives: This study aims evaluate pregnancy rate after surgery find out various factors influence success...

dear editor,   female sterilization is the most widely used method of family planning. 1,2 however, the reluctance to accept family limitation as normal and the deep seated aversion to surgery has affected its practice on a large scale in nigeria. 3 ignorance and superstition based on religious and ancient principles are contributory. 4 we undertook a descriptive analysis of 102 female particip...

In 1985, EngenderHealth (then the Association for Voluntary Sterilization) commissioned a review and critical analysis of existing literature on voluntary sterilization, to be included in its international fact book on sterilization (Ross, Hong, & Huber, 1985). The summary and findings of that review (Philliber & Philliber, 1985) have for many years provided the most comprehensive overview of s...

The present study aimed to identify significant predictors of Chinese women's psychosexual adjustment after sterilization. One hundred fifteen multiparous Chinese women, aged 25-51 years, were interviewed before and after elective laparoscopic or postpartum sterilization. Eight-seven women were also interviewed about their pshychosexual adjustment at 1 year after sterilization. Results showed t...