Importance of Sterilization:
The importance of sterilization may be defined as a procedure to make a male or female sterile without interfering with his or her potency.
MEDICOLEGAL IMPORTANCE OF STERILIZATION
IN CRIMINAL CASES
- Involuntary importance of sterilization is an offence
- Criminal negligence
- Grievous hurt
- Suppositious child
IN CIVIL CASES
- Nullity of marriage
- Divorce
- Heirship
- Compensation
- National program
- Eugenic
- Disputed paternity
OBJECTIVES IMPORTANCE OF STERILIZATION
- For family planning purposes
- Contraceptive purposes
- Therapeutic purposes
- Eugenic purposes
- Humanitarian ground
- Order of the state
- Ethnic cleansing
TYPES OF STERILIZATION
- Compulsory or involuntary
- Voluntary
- Therapeutic
- Eugenic
- Contraceptive
That’s why you need to know the importance of sterilization.
METHODS OF STERILIZATION
- Temporary
- Natural
- Mechanical
- Chemical
- Hormonal
- Permanent
- Surgical
- Radiological
- Safe period Coitus in a safe period of the menstrual cycle, e.g., the First 09 days and Last 09 days of the cycle
- Coitus interruptus—Ejaculation outside the vagina
- Complete abstinence
MECHANICAL
- Condom
- Cervical cap
- Copper-T
- Apple’s Loop
CHEMICAL
- Chemical
- Spermicidal Jelly
- Foam
- Vaginal Douche
HORMONAL
- Hormonal
- Oral contraceptive pills
- Implant
- Hormonal ring
PERMANENT STERILIZATION
- Radiological—done by deep X-ray exposure causing damage to germ cells. But it was not done due to the chance of germ cell carcinoma.
- Surgical
- Vasectomy—for male
- Tubectomy—for female
VASECTOMY
- Here, the vas deferens is transected at the scrotal level on both sides. It is a very simple and minor operation. The service taker does not need to stay in the hospital and can do normal work from the next day.
- But it still does not become popular due to the masculine ego of men and the superstition of being impotent.
TUBECTOMY
Here, a mini-incision is made just above the symphysis pubis. After opening, the fallopian tubes are palpated and retracted one by one. Two ligatures are used to transect the middle part of the tube.
MEDICOLEGAL QUESTIONS ARISE
- Voluntary consent from both husband and wife
- For eugenic or therapeutic purposes, consultation is a must
- At least they have one living child
- In compulsory cases, there is no need for consent
- In ethnic cleansing, doctors should stand against it
- In disputed cases, think about recanalization.