[Margaret Pilkington]

All surgeons explain to women BEFORE they are sterilized that there is a 1 in 300 failure rate, this applies to however it is done e.g through the telescope or by abdominal operation......and whoever does it......so it is just as likely to fail if a consultant does the job as if it is done by a senior house officer.
But it is like a car crash.....no one ever thinks it will be them that is the one in three hundred. Hysterectomy is a pretty sure bet though.