Profile of Indian women requesting reversal of sterilisation

This is a prospective clinical study carried out on 96 tubectomised women r eferred for microsurgical reversal to the Pandit BDS Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak and LHMC and SSKH, New Delhi. It was concluded that in developing countries high perinatal and child morality rates are r esponsible for increased demands for reversal of sterilisation. Proper pre- operative counselling, age of the women, assessment of marital stability, f amily size and age of children are important before advocating sterilisatio n as a method of contraception.