title: Laparoscopic sterilisation with the Filshie clip under local anaesthesia.
abstract: A technique for performing laparoscopic sterilisation under local anaesthesia and without systemic sedation is described. A mechanical tubalocclusion clip was employed. The procedure, and the technique of local anaesthesia are compared with other methods of sterilisation.
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods