title: An international program for the assessment of tubal anastomosis by microsurgical technique: a preliminary report.
abstract: This report outlines a microsurgical training program that has established 16 centers around the world for the reversal of sterilization by microsurgical technique and for the evaluation of such procedures. An obstetrician-gynecologist was selected from each of several developing countries where an existing family planning program was responsible for a large number of sterilization procedures. Each course participant attended a 2-week course in microsurgical techniques for tubal anastomosis and then returned to his or her home country to establish a microsurgical center for sterilization reversal. Each of these centers has since been evaluated by the program director and is fully operational.
authors.affiliation: Section of Reproductive Surgery of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rock
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Burkman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Genadry
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000193:education*