Manifestation of Endocrine Deficiency after Sterilization

Sterilizations have increased during the past 3 years in the new federal countries of Germany. Whereas approximately 800 procedures were performed in the years 1989/90, our current study revealed that approximately 20,000 procedures were performed from 5/31/91-6/1/92. This development and the fact that we coagulated the uterine tubes with endocoagulation and bipolar high frequency methods prompted us to undertake a study to determine whether endocrine deficiency resulted after sterilization. The results revealed that the sterilization caused postoperative changes of menstruation in more than 20% of the women. Climacteric difficulties were present in about 4% of the cases. We concluded endocrine evaluation of these patients which confirmed our clinical results.