The only one I know of is tubal ligation, which is not reliably reversible. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
The M.D. said “you’ve signed the papers for a tubal ligation, is that still what you want?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Future By Thirds | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Unlike tubal ligation which is an invasive surgery with anesthesia. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Baby Blog] Reference
Truly, they are like a tubal ligation of the brain. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
We only recently got long term data on tubal ligation. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Your Fertility Options Open] Reference
Last year when I had Parker, I also had a tubal ligation. From Wordnik.com. [What A Girl Wants - Her Bad Mother] Reference
Fifty-five and a tubal ligation have never looked weirder. From Wordnik.com. [April 28th, 2005] Reference
A termination of pregnancy and tubal ligation is hereby authorized. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2003] Reference
I had a tubal ligation with my second c-section (and second child). From Wordnik.com. [What A Girl Wants - Her Bad Mother] Reference
Her current pregnancy was a result of a failed tubal ligation surgery. From Wordnik.com. [Abortion is a choice that women will keep making] Reference
Heat, ligation, pressure and torsion are the different methods recommended. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
This would be for women who would consider an alternative to tubal ligation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2002] Reference
R.E. Gross and J.P. Hubbard, Surgical ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus. From Wordnik.com. [Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Influence of early cord ligation on the transplacental passage of foetal cells. From Wordnik.com. [7. REFERENCES] Reference
Using a condom would be indicated, or a tubal ligation or a vasectomy (for Todd). From Wordnik.com. [Steven Waldman: Palin: God Gave Me a Down Syndrome Child To Help the Pro-Life Movement] Reference
Barbara, at the insistence of her first husband, had gone in for a tubal-ligation. From Wordnik.com. [they come and they go] Reference
Gross and Hubbard: Successful ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in Boston. From Wordnik.com. [Thursday Thirteen # 32: a history lesson « Adventures in Juggling] Reference
· For women, the operation is called a tubal ligation, which means to tie the tubes. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 27] Reference
At the -- 14 years ago, when she gave birth to our last child, she had a tubal ligation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2003] Reference
A vasectomy was a no-brainer because it was so much easier and safer than a tubal ligation. From Wordnik.com. [Carolyn Hax: He gets snippy about wife's vasectomy request] Reference
She didn't appeal, but developed medical problems and eventually had a tubal ligation instead. From Wordnik.com. [The Norplant Debate] Reference
A listener who had just heard me on the radio e-mailed to suggest that I get a tubal ligation. From Wordnik.com. [Bella DePaulo: Passionate Pursuit] Reference
If that's such a huge concern, why isn't there some groundswell movement against tubal ligation?. From Wordnik.com. [In Defense of the Hysterectomy] Reference
After ligation of the right coronary artery, bypass grafting with a saphenous vein was performed. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference
A tubal ligation is a slightly more difficult operation than a vasectomy, but it is still very safe. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18] Reference
About one in four U.S. married women opt for sterilization, also known as tubal ligation, or tube-tying. From Wordnik.com. ['The Pill' Most Popular Birth Control Worldwide] Reference
I had a tubal ligation when I was 21 and I'm 36 now and my physician told me I'm too old to even think about in vitro. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2003] Reference
The operation most in favour consists in ligation of the artery above and below the varix, the vein remaining untouched. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
It is the ligation of sense, but the liberty of reason; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps. From Wordnik.com. [Religio Medici] Reference
Under these circumstances it may be said that the classical rule of ligation at the point of injury should never be disregarded. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
But she, I think she was meaning to say a tubal ligation or a ligation of the tubes, and they have temporary ways of doing that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2003] Reference
COOPER: But now you're not -- do you suggest that women go through this as well, I mean have tubal ligation I think it's called?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2004] Reference
So your choices are either you have a vasectomy or she has tubal ligation, or you take your chances on less permanent birth control. From Wordnik.com. [Carolyn Hax: He gets snippy about wife's vasectomy request] Reference
COHEN: In other words, if a woman's had a tubal ligation, she's got a choice between reversing that tying of the tubes and having IVF?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2003] Reference
Every doctor knows the safest, most convenient time to perform an elective tubal ligation is immediately following delivery of a baby. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Coombs Lee: Catholic Bishops Lay Down the Law on Feeding Tubes] Reference
Now, sterilization by choice-normally tubal ligation-is the second most popular form of birth control for American couples, after the pill. From Wordnik.com. [The Norplant Debate] Reference
Tubal ligation: The removal of a portion of a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent eggs from reaching the womb and thereby prevent pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 24] Reference
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