title: Early and medium-term morbidity of minilaparatomy female sterilisation in Kenya.
abstract: A total of 1,521 clients undergoing voluntary surgical contraception via Minilaparatomy under local anaesthesia (L.A. Minilap) were prospectively followed up for early and medium-term morbidity. The commonest complaint was some degree of abdominal pain at 24.2%. Eight percent of these [corrected] reported that the operative pain was severe, but 92.0% reported minimal or moderate pain. The overall complication at 6 weeks was 4.1%, 17.5% of these were major and 82.5% minor, i.e. the rate for major complications was 0.7% and 3.4% for minor complications. There were no deaths. Female VSC via Minilaparatomy under L.A. is a relatively comfortable and easy procedure in well selected and counselled clients and carries minimal, usually non-recurrent morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences, Kenya.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ruminjo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ngugi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods