Late complications of sterilisation by laparoscopy and tubal ligation. A controlled study.

The frequency of late sequelae in 454 patients sterilised by laparoscopy and diathermy or by abdominal tubal ligation was compared with that in 154 controls whose husbands had had a vasectomy. Results showed an increase in menstrual loss and pain with menstruation in the sterilised groups, especially if this had been done by diathermy and division under laparoscopic control.