Browsing by Author "De Villiers, V. P."
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- ItemPostpartum sterilisation and demographic progress at Paarl Hospital(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1988) De Villiers, V. P.The success of the postpartum sterilisation campaign at Paarl Hospital, CP, irrefutably supports the claim that a quality family planning programme can in itself reduce fertility. In 1971 only 10% of women undergoing sterilisation had 4 or fewer children - this incidence increased to 71% in 1986. Women with more than 10 children are now very rarely found - in 1970 they still accounted for 20% of all patients sterilised. Parity at time of sterilisation has levelled to about 4 in contrast with 7.52 in 1971. It is probable that as many as 15000 unwanted and unplanned pregnancies have been prevented in Paarl as a result of this sustained effort. The ideal of the 2-child family is increasingly possible.
- ItemPostpartum sterilisation with the Filshie titanium silicone-rubber clip and subsequent pregnancy(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1987) De Villiers, V. P.Pregnancy subsequent to postpartum Filshie clip sterilisation has occurred in 8 out of 789 patients operated on at Paarl Hospital since early 1983. As most pregnancies after sterilisation occur within 2 years, more failures can be expected. The use of this method has thus been discontinued.
- ItemPostpartum sterilization and maternal mortality in the Paarl Hospital(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1984) De Villiers, V. P.A single maternal death associated with postpartum sterilization has been encountered at Paarl Hospital among the 3,742 such procedures performed between January 1972 and December 1982 (19,75% of all the mothers delivered were sterilized). The safety of postpartum sterilization is confirmed. A strong plea is voiced for the expansion of this procedure on a massive national scale because of its simplicity and effectiveness.