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ANAESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN FEMALE STERILISATION AT JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, NIGERIA
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ABSTRACT
Objective: To present the trend of anaesthetics used for interval and post-partum female
sterilisation.
Design: A retrospective descriptive study.
Setting: Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria from 1985 to 2004.
Subjects: All cases of female sterilisation in Jos University Teaching Hospital within the study
period.
Interventions: Clients were allowed free choice of the method of anaesthesia after appropriate
counseling. Written consent by the patient and her husband was obtained.
Results: During the period, 4,313 female sterilisations were performed. The mean (±SD) age and parity
of the clients were 36.8 ± 4.8 years, and 7.6 ± 2.4 respectively. Local anaesthesia alone was the most
commonly used (75.0%), followed by general anaesthesia (15.8%) and local anaesthesia with sedation
(9.2%). The use of local anaesthesia alone for minilaparotomy under local anaesthesia for female
sterilisation rose from 0.0% in 1985 to 83.0% in 2004. Majority (79.1%) of the cases were performed
as interval procedures, 15.1% performed at Caesarean section and 5.8% as postpartum procedures.
There were no serious morbidity and/or mortality associated with the types of anaesthesia used.
Conclusion: Minilaparotomy under local anaesthesia for sterilisation has been found to be feasible,
and now acceptable in our institution.
East African Medical Journal Vol. 84 No. 8 August 2007
ANAESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN FEMALE STERILISATION AT JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL,
NIGERIA
J.T. Mutihir, MBBS, FWACS, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching
Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, A.O. Aisien, MBBS, FMCOG, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin-City, Edo State, Nigeria and I.A.O. Ujah, MBBS, FMCOG,
FICS, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State,
Nigeria
Request for reprints to: Dr. J.T. Mutihir, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital,
Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
INTRODUCTION
Objective: To present the trend of anaesthetics used for interval and post-partum female
sterilisation.
Design: A retrospective descriptive study.
Setting: Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria from 1985 to 2004.
Subjects: All cases of female sterilisation in Jos University Teaching Hospital within the study
period.
Interventions: Clients were allowed free choice of the method of anaesthesia after appropriate
counseling. Written consent by the patient and her husband was obtained.
Results: During the period, 4,313 female sterilisations were performed. The mean (±SD) age and parity
of the clients were 36.8 ± 4.8 years, and 7.6 ± 2.4 respectively. Local anaesthesia alone was the most
commonly used (75.0%), followed by general anaesthesia (15.8%) and local anaesthesia with sedation
(9.2%). The use of local anaesthesia alone for minilaparotomy under local anaesthesia for female
sterilisation rose from 0.0% in 1985 to 83.0% in 2004. Majority (79.1%) of the cases were performed
as interval procedures, 15.1% performed at Caesarean section and 5.8% as postpartum procedures.
There were no serious morbidity and/or mortality associated with the types of anaesthesia used.
Conclusion: Minilaparotomy under local anaesthesia for sterilisation has been found to be feasible,
and now acceptable in our institution.
East African Medical Journal Vol. 84 No. 8 August 2007
ANAESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN FEMALE STERILISATION AT JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL,
NIGERIA
J.T. Mutihir, MBBS, FWACS, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching
Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, A.O. Aisien, MBBS, FMCOG, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin-City, Edo State, Nigeria and I.A.O. Ujah, MBBS, FMCOG,
FICS, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State,
Nigeria
Request for reprints to: Dr. J.T. Mutihir, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital,
Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
INTRODUCTION
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