How to Use tubal in a Sentence
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But some tubal ligations are performed at Catholic hospitals if they’re prescribed for the long-term health of the patient.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
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During that tubal pregnancy, Lila very nearly lost her own life in the process — her right fallopian tube ruptured and she was rushed to the hospital for an emergency ligation surgery.
—Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2017
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Rosenfeld eventually joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, becoming a specialist in tubal reversal, and, in the early eighties, taking charge of the clinic in the center of town.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 June 2022
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Tubal Occlusion Also known as a tubal blockage, tubal occlusion is when an ovulated egg is unable to be fertilized by sperm or to reach the endometrial cavity or uterus.
—Jennifer Gerson, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
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The results show that, following each procedure, incidence of chronic lower abdominal or pelvic pain was reported among 9.1% in the Essure group and 4.5% in the tubal sterilization treatment group.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 8 July 2020
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Because tubal ligations are permanent, invasive procedures, researchers wanted to look at their safety and effectiveness as compared to longer-lasting devices like IUDs.
—Korin Miller, Health.com, 1 Mar. 2022
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There is no official ban or specific restriction on the surgery, though hospitals and doctors conducting vasectomies, along with tubal ligations and abortions for women, must be approved by county-level health departments.
—Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
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This shifting gender pattern resulted from a rising concern about the fitness to parent, with a focus on mothering, as well as the development of a safer, standardized tubal-ligation procedure for sterilizing women.
—New York Times, 8 June 2022
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Physicians and historians of medicine have long bickered over a differential diagnosis of Tiny Tim’s unspecified illness, with guesses ranging from cerebral palsy to rickets to renal tubal acidosis.
—Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021
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Consider tubal ligations, a routine sterilization procedure barred by the directives.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
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According to her Uighur doctor, her fallopian tubes were cut in the resulting tubal-ligation procedure, making her sterilization irreversible — a common experience for Xinjiang’s minorities.
—Olivia Enos, National Review, 2 Sep. 2020
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One indication of the reluctance among men to take on primary responsibility for contraception is the unpopularity of vasectomies compared to tubal ligations.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2022
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