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Combined outpatient laparoscopic sterilization with therapeutic abortion. 1976

C E Powe, and J A McGee

Combined outpatient laparoscopic sterilization and therapeutic abortion were evaluated at Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital. Two hundred and four patients underwent the procedure, which proved to be safe and effective, requiring only a brief hospital stay.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010535	Laparoscopy	A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy.	Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
D005260	Female		Females
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000032	Abortion, Therapeutic	Abortion induced to save the life or health of a pregnant woman. (From Dorland, 28th ed)	Therapeutic Abortion,Abortions, Therapeutic,Therapeutic Abortions
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013246	Sterilization, Tubal	Procedures that render the female sterile by interrupting the flow in the FALLOPIAN TUBE. These procedures generally are surgical, and may also use chemicals or physical means.	Ligation, Tubal,Tubal Ligation,Aldridge Procedure,Chemical Tubal Occlusion,Cooke Method,Cornual Coagulation,Fimbriectomy,Irving Method,Kroener Fimbriectomy,Kroener Method,Madlener Method,Nonchemical Tubal Occlusion,Occlusion, Chemical Tubal,Occlusion, Nonchemical Tubal,Pomeroy Method,Pomeroy Sterilization,Tubal Occlusion,Tubal Occlusion, Chemical,Tubal Occlusion, Nonchemical,Tubal Rings,Uchida Method,Chemical Tubal Occlusions,Coagulations, Cornual,Cornual Coagulations,Fimbriectomies,Fimbriectomy, Kroener,Ligations, Tubal,Nonchemical Tubal Occlusions,Ring, Tubal,Rings, Tubal,Sterilization, Pomeroy,Sterilizations, Tubal,Tubal Ligations,Tubal Occlusions,Tubal Occlusions, Chemical,Tubal Occlusions, Nonchemical,Tubal Ring,Tubal Sterilization,Tubal Sterilizations