Tubal Ligation WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Tubal Ligation
Tubal ligation should be postponed if the woman is unsure about her decision. While it is sometimes reversible, the procedure should be considered permanent and irreversible. Up to 10% of sterilized women regret having had the surgery, and about 1% seek treatment in attempts to restore fertility.
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What is Tubal Ligation?
- Wikipedia: Tubal Ligation
- Planned Parenthood: Tubal Ligation
- The New York Times Health Guide: Tubal Ligation
- Healthline: Tubal Ligation
- MayoClinic: Tubal Ligation
- SexualityandU: Contraceptive Methods: Tubal Ligation
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Tubal ligation and tubal implants
What Are The Procedures for Tubal Ligation?
- Birth Control: Procedure
- Chapel Hill: Tubal Ligation - Pomeroy Technique
- eMedicineHealth: During the Procedure
What Are The Side Effects for Tubal Ligation?
- About NFP: Tubal Ligation Some Questions and Answers
- Chapel Hill: Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome
- SteadyHealth: Tubal Ligation Side Effects
- ivillage Total Health: Side Effects of Tubal Ligation
What Are The Precautions for Tubal Ligation?
- Answers.com: Ligation: Precautions
- VHI Healthcare: Precautions
- Wikipedia: Tubal Ligation Reversal
- Merck Manuals: Preoperative Evaluation
What Are The Risks for Tubal Ligation?
- MedlinePlus: Risks
- Abortion Clinic: What are the risk of Tubal Ligation
- University of Maryland Medical Center: Tubal Ligation
- Coalition for Post Tubal Ligation Women: Can Tubal Ligation Cause Menopause?
What are the Alternatives to Tubal Ligation?
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Specialists: Essure Sterlization Procedure
- Avert: The Female Condom
- Birth Control: Male Condom
- Wikipedia: Natural Family Planning
- MedicineNet: Vasectomy
- Contraception: IUD
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Tubal Ligation
- Community Connections Forums: Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome
- Thinking Twice About Tubal Ligation: Wisdom from Mother Birth
- Associated Content: My Experience with a Failed Tubal Ligation
- Yahoo Answers: My stomach swollen after tubal ligation
- Taking the road less traveled: Vasectomy, tubal ligations, and sterilization, oh my!
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Tubal Ligation
- Veterans Benefits Network: Vasectomy Tubal Ligation
- babycenter: Tubal Ligation
- Yahoo Message Boards: Him or Me? Vasectomy or Tubes tied?
- Baby Names World: Getting pregnant after having tubes tied
- ehealth forum: Tubes Tied
- Soul Cysters: Tubes Tied
- Bible Database: Getting Your Tubes Tied
- myLot: I wish I didn't get my tubes tied
Controversy and Lawsuits about Tubal Ligation
- CBC News: Woman given settlement after being denied tubal ligation
- Mercer Law Review: When a Hospital Becomes Catholic
- The Star Phoenix: Jury mulls tubal ligation injury case
- Edmonton Journal: Couple says life fell apart after botched tubal ligation
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Tubal Ligation
- Obstretics and Gynecology: Previous Tubal Ligation Is a Risk Factor for Hysterectomy After Rollerball Endometrial Ablation
- Oxford Journals: Commentary: Does tubal sterilization reduce the risk of gynaecological cancers?
- BMC Womens Health: The risk of menstrual abnormalities after tubal sterilization: a case control study
- High Beam: Risk of ectopic pregnancy following tubal ligation.(Tips from Other Journals)
- Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research: Female sterilization, tubal ligation
- PubMed: PubMed Search Result
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- Contributor: Nicole Kinsey
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 29, 2009
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
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- Last update: Mar. 20, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
