title: Culdoscopic ligation as an outpatient procedure.
abstract: The increasing demand for abortion and sexual sterilization has caused the need to perform such operations on an outpatient basis. The University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singapore, started a prospective study of culdoscopic ligation as an outpatient procedure in November, 1972. To date, over 600 operations have been performed. Analysis of the first 405 cases showed a low complication rate of 2.4 per cent. This study showed that culdoscopic ligation performed in the hospital outpatient is safe and feasible.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D003464:Culdoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012846:Singapore; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive