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Abstract
During the 1970s, tubal sterilization became an important method of fertility control
in the United States. Over the same period laparoscopy emerged as an important innovation,
one that has been associated with both a shift from postpartum to interval sterilization
and a dramatic decrease in length of hospital stay required for sterilization. The
use of laparoscopy has also been associated with an increase in hospital-based outpatient
sterilization, particularly in the West. The number of sterilizations performed in
hospitals and the use of laparoscopy for interval sterilization in hospitals both
appear to have peaked. The laparoscope is an example of a technologic advance that
has reduced medical care costs.
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Article Info
Publication History
Accepted:
March 16,
1981
Received:
March 2,
1981
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Copyright
© 1981 Published by Elsevier Inc.
