title: Female sterilization in Ramathibodi Hospital: 1987-1993.
abstract: A 7 year (1987-1993) restropective review of female sterilization in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ramathibodi Hospital was reported. This paper is part of a continuing study of female sterilization in Ramathibodi Hospital. A total of 9,968 cases of female sterilization was done from January 1987 to December 1993. Post partum acceptors accounted for 63 per cent of total female sterilization, the overall postpartum female sterilization rate was 117.4 per 1,000 deliveries. 37 per cent was interval sterilization. The peak of interval sterilization was in March. 69.8 per cent of interval sterilization was performed by minilaparotomy technique, the remainder were by laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Intaraprasert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petcharaburanin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bullangpoti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaturachinda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013785:Thailand