Multidisciplinary experience in the selection of patients for tubal sterilization
Keywords:
Tubal ligation, Evaluation protocol, Criteria for indication of surgeryAbstract
Results of the use of a special protocol for evaluation of patients requiring tubal ligation is presented after applied by a multidisciplinary group. The authors conclude that the use of defined parameters of age, parity, marital union duration, number of children alive and the presence of maternal clinical pathology are useful to identify patients with smaller chances of regret after surgery.
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