What is female sterilization? What are the advantages of this method?

Contraception is a part of fertility planning. We have to make individualized choices based on our physical condition, family and marriage conditions, and future reproductive needs.

Today, let’s talk about one of the standard methods of contraception: female sterilization.

1. The advantages and disadvantages of female sterilization

Female sterilization refers to the sterilization of the fallopian tubes, which uses artificial methods such as surgery or surgery with drugs to prevent sperm and eggs from meeting in the fallopian tube to achieve sterilization. Methods include fallopian tube ligation, cutting, excision, electrocoagulation, fallopian tube clamp, loop cuff, and drug blocking the fallopian tube lumen.

Advantages: The contraceptive failure rate is less than 1%. It is a safe, permanent birth control measure and has certain reversibility.

Disadvantages: There is a contraceptive failure rate. If you plan to give birth again, you need to perform another operation for tubal recanalization. 

Studies have shown that the contraceptive failure rate in 5-10 years after female sterilization is less than 1%; it is a safe and permanent birth control measure.

2. What should I pay attention to before surgery?

Regarding the operation time, it is recommended to perform the operation within 3-7 days after the menstruation is clean. After the abortion, after the termination of the second trimester, the operation can be performed after the full-term expected delivery. When a cesarean section is performed, surgery can be performed at the same time; women who have dystocia or suspected of having an infection during delivery need to be hospitalized for observation, and surgery will be performed when there is no abnormality. Patients with acute genital and pelvic infections, abdominal skin infections, abnormal body temperature within 24 hours, and critical phases of various diseases should be sterilized after they are cured. Before the operation, routine blood and urine tests, blood coagulation function, liver and kidney function, and regular leucorrhea tests are required. The process can be performed after there are no abnormalities.