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MeSH Heading: Sterilization, Tubal
Tree Number(s): E04.950.300.766; E04.950.599.683
Unique ID: D013246
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013246
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Aldridge Procedure; Chemical Tubal Occlusion; Cooke Method; Cornual Coagulation; Fimbriectomy; Irving Method; Kroener Fimbriectomy; Kroener Method; Ligation, Tubal; Madlener Method; Nonchemical Tubal Occlusion; Occlusion, Chemical Tubal; Occlusion, Nonchemical Tubal; Pomeroy Method; Pomeroy Sterilization; Tubal Ligation; Tubal Occlusion; Tubal Occlusion, Chemical; Tubal Occlusion, Nonchemical; Tubal Rings; Uchida Method
NLM Classification #: WP 660
Previous Indexing: Fallopian Tubes (1966-1972); Sterilization, Sexual (1966-1972)
See Also: Sterilization Reversal
Public MeSH Note: 1973
History Note: 1973
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08