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Tubal ligation used to be known as "getting your tubes tied" and it meant major abdominal surgery. These days it's usually a much less invasive outpatient procedure. First, the surgeon will give you a local, regional, or general anesthetic (whichever is best for you).
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Tubal ligation, commonly knows as “getting your tubes tied,” is a surgical sterilization technique for women. This procedure closes the fallopian tubes, and stops the egg from traveling to the uterus from the ovary.
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Tubal ligation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tubal ligation (informally known as getting one's "tubes tied") is a permanent form of female sterilization, in which the fallopian tubes are severed and sealed or "pinched shut", in order to prevent...
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Occasionally a woman still gets pregnant, despite having had her tubes tied properly. The tubes have evolved in such a way as to try to heal themselves, and sometimes a tract develops that allows egg and sperm to meet.
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Q and A: What are the odds of becoming pregnant once you have had your tubes tied? ... Pregnancy After Tubal Ligation ... The U.S. Collaborative Review of Sterilization (CREST) found the failure rate for tubal ligation (all occlusion methods) to be 1.85% after 10 years [1].
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Women who are looking for a permanent form of birth control may choose to have a tubal ligation, also known as getting your "tubes tied" or female sterilization. This surgical procedure to make a woman sterile is very effective at preventing pregnancy, with a failure rate as low as 0.4%.
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