[Long-term outcome of sterilization as a function of the indication, marital status, age, number of children and concurrently performed therapeutic abortions (author's transl)].

On the basis of questionnaires 1084 sterilized women were interrogated concerning their satisfaction with sterilization. 769 (70.9%) fully completed questionnaires could be evaluated. 96.4% of women were satisfied with their sterilization. 1.3% of patients requested reversal of sterilization. Non satisfactory results occured mainly in women where the indication for sterilization was on non-social basis, in single women and in cases where an interruption of pregnancy was performed at the same time. No correlation was found between age or parity and the satisfactory outcome of sterilization.