What are the health risks of tubal ligation?
“Depending on the sterilization technique used, between 800 and 2,000 women per 100,000 can expect a major complication at the time of operation,” according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute.5 Minilaparotomy patients may suffer from such complications as infection, injury to the bladder or bleeding from a major blood vessel, and burning of the bowel or other structures.
