From January 1989 to December 1994, 105 cases of Macrosurgical tubal reversal were performed and 87 cases of them were followed up for more than 1 year postoperatively in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pohang St. Mary's Hospital.
@ES The result were as follows ;
@EN 1. The mean age of the patients was k31.7 years and 93.1% of them had been sterilized by laparoscopic sterilization.
2. Average interval between sterilization and tubal reversal was 43.3 months.
3. The reasons for requesting reversal of sterilization were remarriage 41.5%, change of attitude 33.3%, loss of children 25.2%.
4. The distributions of the site of tubal anastomosis were isthmic-ampullar 58.6%, isthmic-isthmic 24.1%, cornual-isthmic 8.1%.
5. The postoperative tubal length was 5.0 cm or more in 78.0%.
6. The overall pregnancy rate after tubal reversal was 68.9% and the outcome of the pregnancy was as follows ; term pregnancy 74.6%, premature delivery 1.8%, spontaneous abortion 10.9%, ectopic pregnancy 9.1%, pregnancy state 3.3%.
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