MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND PELVIC PAIN AFTER STERILIZATION

Changes in menstrual cycle length, menstrual duration, number of pads, dysmenorrhea and non-cyclic pelvic pain were studied in 43 women foll owing tubal sterilization with three different techniques. One group c onsisted of 17 women undergoing laparotomy by Pomeroy technique; the s econd group consisted of 11 women undergoing laparoscopy by Fallope ri ngs; and the third group consisted of 15 women undergoing colpotomy by fimbriectomy. The differences before and after sterilization in cycle length were non-significant in all groups (p>0.05). After sterilizati on, menstrual duration and number of pads were significantly increased in the laparotomy (p<0.001) and laparoscopy (p<0.01) groups but non-s ignificantly in the colpotomy group (p>0.05). Comparison of these para meters between the groups did not show any significant differences (p> 0.05). After sterilization, increases in the severity of dysmenorrhea and non-cyclic pelvic pain were non-significant in all groups (p>0.05) . We concluded that there were no significant differences in menstrual disorders after sterilization among these three different techniques.