"' Post-ablation tubal sterilization syndrome "'( PATSS ) is a rare complication that could occur in patients with prior tubal sterilization following an endometrial ablation procedure.
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The women were questioned about their periods before their tubal sterilization or their partner's vasectomy and again each year to see if there were any persistent changes.
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In the absence of such period for private beneficiaries, some physicians and scientists believe that " this decades-old mandatory delay policy was well intentioned but has now come to have the effect of restricting women's access to elective tubal sterilization and injustice ".
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Of women who practice birth control, about 28 percent report undergoing tubal sterilization; another 27 percent of women take birth control pills; 20 percent rely on male condoms; and 11 percent cite vasectomies of their partners, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute . ( The rest use other techniques .)
