"Sterilization, Tubal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Procedures that render the female sterile by interrupting the flow in the FALLOPIAN TUBE. These procedures generally are surgical, and may also use chemicals or physical means.
| Descriptor ID |
D013246
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.950.300.766 E04.950.599.683
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| Concept/Terms |
Sterilization, Tubal- Sterilization, Tubal
- Sterilizations, Tubal
- Tubal Sterilization
- Tubal Sterilizations
Tubal Occlusion, Nonchemical- Tubal Occlusion, Nonchemical
- Nonchemical Tubal Occlusions
- Tubal Occlusions, Nonchemical
- Nonchemical Tubal Occlusion
- Occlusion, Nonchemical Tubal
Ligation, Tubal- Ligation, Tubal
- Ligations, Tubal
- Tubal Ligations
- Tubal Ligation
Pomeroy Method- Pomeroy Method
- Pomeroy Sterilization
- Sterilization, Pomeroy
Tubal Rings- Tubal Rings
- Ring, Tubal
- Rings, Tubal
- Tubal Ring
Tubal Occlusion, Chemical- Tubal Occlusion, Chemical
- Chemical Tubal Occlusions
- Tubal Occlusions, Chemical
- Chemical Tubal Occlusion
- Occlusion, Chemical Tubal
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Long-term risk of hysterectomy among 80,007 sterilized and comparison women at Kaiser Permanente, 1971-1987. Am J Epidemiol. 1993 Oct 01; 138(7):508-21.