title: Profile of women undergoing reversal of sterilisation.
abstract: Two hundred twenty women who were subjected to reversal of female sterilisation over 7 years were analysed. It was found that death of the male child was the strongest reason for seeking a reversal. This was coupled with the parity of these subjects being two or less in 70% instances at the time of primary sterilisation surgery. Nearly 85.9% reversal were sought in the higher age groups clubbed together. This has an adverse bearing on success of reversal surgery as the fertility potential of a woman declines physiologically as age advances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical College and SSG Hospital, Baroda.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbhaya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Modi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002648:Child; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010298:Parity; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors