Reversal of sterilization in women over 40 years of age : a multicenter survey in The Netherlands

Microscopic reversal of sterilization in women is successful. Most infertility treatments, however, are bound to an age limit, which in the individual case is sometimes overstepped. To determine if reversal of sterilization in women greater than 40 years of age is justifiable, the data of nine centers of tubal surgery in the Netherlands were analyzed. In 78 women between 40 and 45 years, an intrauterine pregnancy rate of 45% and an ectopic pregnancy rate of 4% was reported. Whereas 26% of first pregnancies ended in a spontaneous abortion, the live birth rate (all healthy children) still amounted to 44%. The mean duration between operation and first pregnancy was 5.5 months. It is concluded that microscopical reversal of sterilization in women between 40 and 45 years is an acceptable infertility treatment.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1990

Erschienen:

1990

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Fertility and sterility - 53(1990), 3 vom: 12. März, Seite 575-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Trimbos-Kemper, T C [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Abortion, Spontaneous
Adult
Age Factors
Case Studies
Clinical Trial
Demographic Factors
Developed Countries
Diseases
Europe
Family Planning
Female Sterilization
Gynecologic Surgery
Journal Article
Maternal Age
Microsurgery
Middle Aged
Multicenter Study
Netherlands
Parental Age
Population
Population Characteristics
Pregnancy, Ectopic
Pregnancy Complications
Research Methodology
Reversible Sterilization
Sterilization, Sexual
Sterilization Reversal
Studies
Surgery
Treatment
Tubal Occlusion
Tubal Reanastomosis
Tubal Rings
Urogenital Surgery
Western Europe

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.04.1990

Date Revised 30.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM02388889X