A woman undergoes female sterilisation (laparoscopic tubal occlusion). She asks about the failure rate. What is the approximate lifetime failure rate ...

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A woman undergoes female sterilisation (laparoscopic tubal occlusion). She asks about the failure rate. What is the approximate lifetime failure rate of female sterilisation?

Accepted Answer

Approximately 1 in 200 (0.5%)

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Zero - it is 100% effective

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Approximately 1 in 20 (5%)

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Approximately 1 in 1000 (0.1%)

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Approximately 1 in 50 (2%)

uk-dfsrh MCQ (SBA): Female Sterilisation Failure Rate

A woman undergoes female sterilisation (laparoscopic tubal occlusion). She asks about the failure rate. What is the approximate lifetime failure rate of female sterilisation?