This large case-control study assessed the potential beneficial effects of tubal ligation and salpingectomy on ovarian cancer risk. Data on patient characteristics, morbidity/mortality, medication use ...

The new recommendations make the procedure routine for any gynecologic surgery that would otherwise prevent future fertility.

Did you know while tubal ligation is an extremely effective method for preventing pregnancy, it does not offer complete certainty? For the uninitiated, this health procedure is done either as an open ...

Endometrial cancer (EC) can spread by several routes, including the lymph system, blood vessels, through the uterine wall, as well as through the fallopian tubes into the peritoneal cavity, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tubal ligation, sometimes known as female sterilization or "getting your tubes tied," is a permanent form of birth control. (Getty ...

Between 3 and 5% of people who received tubal ligation surgeries later reported pregnancies, new study reveals A new study finds that getting pregnant after a woman gets her “tubes tied” – the ...

Short of abstinence, no birth control method is ever 100% guaranteed to prevent pregnancy. Even when it comes to "getting your tubes tied" in a procedure called tubal ligation. Tubal ligation is not ...

After Rebecca Revely had her third child, she and her husband decided their family was complete. Many women she knew had their tubes tied as a form of permanent birth control, so in 2013 the now ...

Tubal ligation is known to be associated with a reduction in ovarian cancer risk. Associations with breast, endometrial and cervical cancers have been suggested. We investigated associations for 26 ...

Although tubal ligation is a minor surgical procedure, it should only be performed in a well-equipped medical facility. PHOTO / NET There are many things to get done this year, many life-altering ...

To the editor: Although bioethicist and theologian Charles C. Camosy makes some excellent arguments for why the Roman Catholic Mercy Hospital in Redding should be allowed to refuse to allow a woman to ...

An employee’s elective tubal ligation - surgical procedure to prevent pregnancy - caused emotional and social ramifications that affected her work, as supported by the findings of her primary treating ...