A Comparison of Women's Regret After Vasectomy Versus Tubal Sterilization

@article{Jamieson2002ACO,
  title={A Comparison of Women's Regret After Vasectomy Versus Tubal Sterilization},
  author={Denise J Jamieson and Steven C. Kaufman and Caroline Costello and Susan D. Hillis and Polly A. Marchbanks and Herbert B. Peterson},
  journal={Obstetrics \& Gynecology},
  year={2002},
  volume={99},
  pages={1073–1079}
}
OBJECTIVE To compare the 5‐year cumulative probability of regret and risk factors for regret among women whose husbands underwent vasectomy with women after tubal sterilization. METHODS A total of 525 women whose husbands underwent vasectomy were compared with 3672 women who underwent tubal sterilization in a prospective, multicenter, cohort study. RESULTS The cumulative probability of a woman expressing regret within 5 years after her husband's vasectomy was 6.1% (95% confidence interval [CI… 
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