• DOI:10.1016/0020-7292(82)90057-1
Corpus ID: 26123485

Sterilization in Bangladesh: Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors

@article{Rosenberg1982SterilizationIB,
  title={Sterilization in Bangladesh: Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors},
  author={M. Rosenberg and R. Rochat and J. Akbar and P. Gould and A. R. Khan and A. Measham and S. Jabeen},
  journal={International Journal of Gynecology \& Obstetrics},
  year={1982},
  volume={20}
}

• M. Rosenberg, R. Rochat, +4 authors S. Jabeen
• Published 1982
• Medicine
• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Although surgical sterilization in Bangladesh is common and has been designated as the primary means of helping the country slow its population growth, no reliable information exists regarding the procedure's safety. To define the types and rates of medical complications associated with sterilization, we followed 5042 women and 264 men undergoing sterilization. The problems that increased most markedly after the procedure compared with before included painful urination, shaking chills, fever… Expand