O&G Cases · Gynaecological surgery — permanent contraception and fertility restoration
Tubal sterilisation and reversal — consent and pregnancy-safety station
Communication and safeguarding station on non-coercive sterilisation consent after pregnancy loss, LARC alternatives, documentation, capacity, and the safety-net if sterilisation is deferred.
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Prompt
A 28-year-old woman requests tubal sterilisation immediately after a second-trimester pregnancy loss. She says her partner insists that she should never become pregnant again.
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All persons, presentations and observations in this station are fictional and invented for teaching assessment; they do not describe a real person.
References3ShowHide
- [1]Hillis SD, Marchbanks PA, Tylor LR, Peterson HB Poststerilization regret: findings from the United States Collaborative Review of Sterilization Obstet Gynecol, 1999.PMID 10362150
- [2]Grubb GS, Peterson HB, Layde PM, Rubin GL Regret after decision to have a tubal sterilization Fertil Steril, 1985.PMID 4018280
- [3]Lawrie TA, Kulier R, Nardin JM Techniques for the interruption of tubal patency for female sterilisation Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2016.PMID 27494193