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Tubal Ligation

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Summary

Tubal ligation (getting your "tubes tied") is a type of surgery. It prevents a woman from getting pregnant. It is a permanent form of birth control, and is effective right away.

The surgery cuts, ties, or seals the fallopian tubes. This blocks the path between the ovaries and the uterus. The sperm cannot reach the egg to fertilize it, and the egg cannot reach the uterus. You get the surgery in a hospital or outpatient surgical center. It usually takes about 30 minutes. Almost all women go home the same day. They can return to most normal activities within a few days.

Tubal ligation can sometimes be reversed. The reversal is major surgery, and does not always work.

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  • Sterilization by Laparoscopy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
  • Tubal Ligation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

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  • Hysteroscopy From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
  • Laparoscopy From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

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  • Tubal ligation - Series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Reproductive Sterilization From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)
  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Sterilization, Tubal From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)

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  • Article: The relationship between hysterectomy, menopause, and tubal ligation, with coronary heart...
  • Article: Sterilization, Infecundity, and Reproductive Autonomy in Rural, Suburban, and Urban America:...
  • Article: Dutch Nationwide Multicenter Prospective Cohort of Essure-Related Symptomatology After Removal Surgery.
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  • Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health Also in Spanish
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development From the National Institutes of Health Also in Spanish
  • How to Find Find an Ob-Gyn (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

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  • Female Sterilization (Tubal Ligation) (Boston Children's Hospital)

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  • Hysteroscopy (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Tubal ligation (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Tubal ligation - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Tubal ligation reversal (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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  • Hysteroscopy
  • Sterilization surgery - making a decision
  • Tubal ligation
  • Tubal ligation - discharge
  • Tubal ligation - Series
  • Tubal ligation reversal

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  • Birth Control
  • Vasectomy

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The primary NIH organization for research on Tubal Ligation is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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