ABSTRACT
Female sterilization is the only permanent method of female contraception. It was first mentioned by Hippocrates, but it was not until 1834 that Von Blundell fully described this method. At this time it was an extremely dangerous procedure involving abdominal surgery and hospitalization for long periods. In 1944 Drs Decker and Cherry reported on the successful outcomes of their culdoscopy procedure, which involved reaching the fallopian tubes through the vagina rather than through the abdomen. It was not until 1961 that laparoscopic sterilization was first described by Uchida
Today, female sterilization is performed abdominally by either a minilaparotomy or by laparoscopic sterilization. It can be performed as a day-care procedure either under a general or local anaesthetic.
