Vaginal tubal ligation concurrent with medical termination of pregnancy
Gupta, I.; Gupta, A.N.; Devi, P.K.
Indian Journal of Medical Research 70: 960-964
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5340 PMID: 541020 Document Number: 151393
Morbidity after vaginal tubal ligation with or without medical termination of pregnancy at the same sitting is reported, based on a series of 619 vaginal tubal ligations, 422 of which were concurrent with abortion (Group 1) and 196 of which had interval sterilizations by tubal ligation. All concurrent abortion/tubal ligations were performed on pregnancies less than 13 weeks of gestation. No statistically significant difference in duration of postoperative stay of the 2 patient groups was found. 13 cases (3%) of Group 1 patients required reevacuation; 2 cases from Group 2 were readmitted with vaginal bleeding, the result of the vaginal wound. Total complication rates in the 2 groups were 12.4 and 6%, respectively. Therefore, the total immediate and late morbidity rates in the 2 groups (after correction) were 9.4 and 6%, respectively; this is not statistically significant.