Failure of tubal sterilization accompanying cesarean section.

ABSTRACT

PIP Pomeroy tubal resection during cesarean section has had a reputation of a high failure rate, since a report of 7 failures in 400 (Prystowsky et al. Journal of the American Medical Association 158 463. 1955). In this survey, 400 women sterilized by the Pomeroy technique after cesarean section were followed an average of 6 years. One failure occurred 2.5 years after the operation where there had been histologic evidence of complete section of the tube.^ieng