Pregnancy after surgical sterilization five times more likely than previously thought

The rate of pregnancy 5 years after either hysteroscopic or laparoscopic sterilization was five times greater than previously thought, according to a retrospective cohort study in Fertility and Sterility.
“Current guidance from ACOG report the chance of pregnancy after sterilization as less than 1%,” Aileen M. Gariepy, MD, MPH, currently the director of complex family planning in the department of OB/GYN at Weill Cornell Medicine, told Healio. “At 5 years after the procedure, the cumulative rate of pregnancy was over 6% regardless of the procedure performed.”
Gariepy,

The rate of pregnancy 5 years after either hysteroscopic or laparoscopic sterilization was five times greater than previously thought, according to a retrospective cohort study in Fertility and Sterility.
“Current guidance from ACOG report the chance of pregnancy after sterilization as less than 1%,” Aileen M. Gariepy, MD, MPH, currently the director of complex family planning in the department of OB/GYN at Weill Cornell Medicine, told Healio. “At 5 years after the procedure, the cumulative rate of pregnancy was over 6% regardless of the procedure performed.”
Gariepy,