Ligation Health Dictionary

Ligation: From 3 Different Sources

The surgical process of tying off a duct or a blood vessel with a ligature in order to stop bleeding. The term is used in tubal ligation, a form of sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are tied off (see sterilization, female).

Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association

Tying-o? – for example, of a blood vessel – by completely encircling it with a tight band, usually of catgut or some other suture material.

Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary

n. the application of a *ligature. This can be used to stop bleeding from medium and larger blood vessels.

Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Tubal Ligation

See sterilization, female.... tubal ligation

Band Ligation

(banding) see oesophageal varices. See also gastric banding.... band ligation

Sphenopalatine Artery Ligation

(SPA) a surgical procedure to identify and occlude the sphenopalatine artery in the nose using endoscopic surgery. It is used in the treatment of severe epistaxis (nosebleed).... sphenopalatine artery ligation

Ligation Health Dictionary

Ligation: From 3 Different Sources

Tubal Ligation

Band Ligation

Sphenopalatine Artery Ligation

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