title: Reversal of sterilisation by the railroad technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To show that a simple, easily learned and relatively inexpensive method of reversal of sterilisation provides good results.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  An NHS Trust Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-seven women aged 19 to 39 years who underwent reversal of sterilisation between January 1984 and December 1993.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pregnancy rate following reversal; rate of ectopic pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-four women (51%) had intrauterine pregnancies after reversal of sterilisation; intrauterine pregnancy rate in women who had been sterilised with rings or clips was 64%. Five women (7.5%) had ectopic pregnancies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique provides results that compare favourably with those of microsurgery. It offers hope to couples who do not meet the restrictive criteria for microsurgery and in vitro fertilisation and should appeal to purchasing authorities.
authors.affiliation: Royal Oldham Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Edozien
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anastassopulos
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mander
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013165:Splints; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*