Tubal ligation regret and related risk factors: findings from a case-control study in Pernambuco State, Brazil Fatores de risco para o arrependimento da laqueadura tubária: resultados de um estudo de caso-controle em Pernambuco, Brasil

• Main Authors: Ana Bernarda Ludermir (Author), Kátia Maria de Melo Machado (Author), Aurélio Molina da Costa (Author), Sandra Valongueiro Alves (Author), Thália Velho Barreto de Araújo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A case-control study was carried out at a public teaching hospital in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil in 1997 to investigate risk factors among women who feel regret after undergoing sterilization through tubal ligation. The study compared sterilized women who had requested or undergone a tubal rev...