Objetivo: analisar o seguimento de mulheres arrependidas que buscaram reversão da laqueadura tubárea em serviço público. Métodos: foi realizado estudo retrospectivo das causas do arrependimento e dos resultados do tratamento em cima da população de mulheres com laqueadura tubárea atendida em Ambulatório de Esterilidade Conjugal, no período de junho de 1983 a junho de 1998. A análise dos dados foi descritiva. Resultados: entre as 147 mulheres que procuraram o serviço, a maioria tinha idade entre 20 e 30 anos e 60% delas havia sido submetida à laqueadura tubárea antes dos 25 anos de idade. Durante o acompanhamento, 54,4% das mulheres desistiram do tratamento, 15% foram desaconselhadas a seguir a investigação e somente 31 mulheres (21%) foram submetidas à reanastomose tubárea. Quatorze mulheres engravidaram, e destas, nove (6,1%) tiveram gestações a termo. Conclusão: as mulheres que requerem laqueadura devem ser aconselhadas e esclarecidas sobre o caráter definitivo do método, tentando-se diminuir o arrependimento após o procedimento.
Objective. To evaluate the safety of electrocautery for coagulation during Caesarean sections. Study Design. A randomized, controlled, clinical pilot study was performed at a university maternity hospital. After admission for delivery and decision to perform a C-section, volunteers were randomized to either the intervention group (use of electrocautery for coagulation) or nonintervention group. The women were examined at the time of postpartum discharge (day 3), at days 7 to 10, and again at days 30 to 40 for signs of infection, hematoma, seroma, or dehiscence. Data were analyzed using an intention-to-treat analysis, and risk ratios were calculated. Results. No significant differences were found between the two groups. Only 2.8% of patients in the intervention group developed surgical wound complications during hospitalization. However, 7 to 10 days following discharge, these rates reached 23.0% and 15.4% in the intervention and nonintervention groups, respectively (RR = 1.50, 95% CI = 0.84–2.60). Conclusion. Further studies should confirm whether the use of electrocautery for coagulation does not increase the risk of surgical wound complications in patients undergoing Caesarean sections.
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