185 women received outpatient laparascopic sterilization at the Family Planning Clinic in the Maternal Hospital Kuala Lumpur, in 1983. THe aim was to identify the profile of these patients with regard to their race, age, social beckground, gravidity, parity, abortions, and previous usage of contraceptives. Immediate complications and difficulties encountered during the operation were noted. The pregnancy rate of the area, as of June 1985, was ascertained. Patients were mainly of immediate postpartum cases; however, 2 were interval cases and 1 was post-abortal. Few Malays favoured sterilization, whereas more Indians preferred it. Nearly all patients were between the ages 25-39, with about 44

作者：K S, Kim；H, Arshat

来源：Malaysian journal of reproductive health : a publication of the Reproductive Research Centre of the National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia 1986 年 4卷 1期