title: Microsurgical tubal anastomosis: a controlled trial in four Asian centers.
abstract: An international program to determine the reversibility of female sterilization in Asia using microsurgical technique was established in 1980. One hundred eleven of 219 patients (51%) conceived following tubal anastomosis; of these, 79 delivered living children. The overall cumulative probability of conception at the end of follow-up, as determined by life-table analysis, was 63%. A decreased pregnancy rate was associated with anastomosis of tubes sterilized by electrocautery methods.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013243:Sterilization Reversal