German pelviscopic statistics for the years 1978-1982.

The second set of statistics on pelviscopy in Germany included information on 269,603 pelviscopies done in 322 general hospitals, and 22,859 pelviscopies done in private clinics between 1978 and 1982. In general hospitals the rate of serious complications was 1.9% and in private clinics 2.0%. Injuries to large blood vessels headed the list of complications. The main technique for tubal sterilization was the bipolar high-frequency current method with 75% in general hospitals and 73.1% in private clinics, followed by the endocoagulation technique according to Semm (36.8%). Sterilization failures were reported in 2.6%. Most failures were reported after sterilization with the bipolar electrocoagulation technique, followed by the clip technique. The rate of post-sterilization ectopic pregnancies was 1.06%. The highest rate of ectopic pregnancies was reported after using the bipolar tubal sterilization method (1.4%).