Infections of the abdomen, pelvic area or wound can be prevented by screening clients for pre-existing infections and using good hygiene in the operating room. When infections do occur, most can be treated with antibiotics. Patients should see their doctor if they have serious abdominal pain, fever or foul-smelling discharge from the wound soon after surgery or if they start bleeding or swelling around the incision site. Precisely why sterilization protects women against ovarian cancer is not well understood. Sterilization should be considered permanent because reversal surgery is difficult, expensive and not widely available.
Reversal involves a major abdominal incision and delicate surgery on damaged fallopian tubes.
Restrictions Most international family planning organizations oppose regulations that deny sterilization to clients below a certain age or with fewer than a specified number of children, since such blanket restrictions may limit access to some who could benefit from sterilization. It's not the age, it's how the decision is made. As a provider, I can help young couples think about the future. Women who might be interested in sterilization may hesitate to use this method due to a number of misunderstandings and myths. Some women fear that sterilization will cause them to be less feminine, gain weight or lose their sexual desire.