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Legal medicine aspects of female sterilization: our experience

INTRODUCTION: The most frequent sterilization procedures include postpartum tubal ligation, laparoscopic tubal disruption or salpingectomy, and hysteroscopic tubal occlusion. It may be performed via laparoscopy, mini-laparotomy, or hysteroscopy. Safety, efficacy, short-term complications, long-term...

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Autores principales: Fedeli, Piergiorgio, Cecchi, Stefano, Scendoni, Roberto, Cannovo, Nunzia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10367092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37497276
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1198668
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author Fedeli, Piergiorgio
Cecchi, Stefano
Scendoni, Roberto
Cannovo, Nunzia
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Scendoni, Roberto
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description INTRODUCTION: The most frequent sterilization procedures include postpartum tubal ligation, laparoscopic tubal disruption or salpingectomy, and hysteroscopic tubal occlusion. It may be performed via laparoscopy, mini-laparotomy, or hysteroscopy. Safety, efficacy, short-term complications, long-term complications, and non-contraceptive benefits of sterilization are different for each procedure. Female sterilization has become an important professional liability problem in obstetrics and gynecology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed 6 cases of surgical sterilization that have been the subject of civil proceedings. We review indications, contraindications, and complications associated with each sterilization procedure. RESULTS: In our small number of cases, women who have undergone sterilization performed negligently are entitled to recover damages for wrongful conception, negligence, and wrongful birth. We also consider the issue of female sterilization of minors. DISCUSSION: Tubal sterilization can be performed with different techniques, chosen in light of the various situations involved, with the goal of reducing as many as possible any failures. Thorough and complete communication of information is of primary importance. CONCLUSION: Sterilization is the most widely used birth control method around the world. The procedure is generally safe and highly effective. As reported in the literature, the decision concerning method depends on the setting, the surgeon’s experience, the country’s economic development, and the woman’s preference, but we think that some techniques present a greater risk of failure and expose the surgeon to malpractice litigation.
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spelling pubmed-103670922023-07-26 Legal medicine aspects of female sterilization: our experience Fedeli, Piergiorgio Cecchi, Stefano Scendoni, Roberto Cannovo, Nunzia Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine INTRODUCTION: The most frequent sterilization procedures include postpartum tubal ligation, laparoscopic tubal disruption or salpingectomy, and hysteroscopic tubal occlusion. It may be performed via laparoscopy, mini-laparotomy, or hysteroscopy. Safety, efficacy, short-term complications, long-term complications, and non-contraceptive benefits of sterilization are different for each procedure. Female sterilization has become an important professional liability problem in obstetrics and gynecology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed 6 cases of surgical sterilization that have been the subject of civil proceedings. We review indications, contraindications, and complications associated with each sterilization procedure. RESULTS: In our small number of cases, women who have undergone sterilization performed negligently are entitled to recover damages for wrongful conception, negligence, and wrongful birth. We also consider the issue of female sterilization of minors. DISCUSSION: Tubal sterilization can be performed with different techniques, chosen in light of the various situations involved, with the goal of reducing as many as possible any failures. Thorough and complete communication of information is of primary importance. CONCLUSION: Sterilization is the most widely used birth control method around the world. The procedure is generally safe and highly effective. As reported in the literature, the decision concerning method depends on the setting, the surgeon’s experience, the country’s economic development, and the woman’s preference, but we think that some techniques present a greater risk of failure and expose the surgeon to malpractice litigation. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10367092/ /pubmed/37497276 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1198668 Text en Copyright © 2023 Fedeli, Cecchi, Scendoni and Cannovo. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Cannovo, Nunzia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10367092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37497276
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1198668
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