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sterilization
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sterilization

Any surgical procedure intended to end fertility permanently (see contraception). Such operations remove or interrupt the anatomical pathways through which the cells involved in fertilization travel (see reproductive system). They are relatively simple and more than 99% effective. The operations used in humans are vasectomy in men and tubal ligation (tying off and blocking or cutting of the fallopian tubes) in women. Though these operations are considered permanent, the development of microsurgery has improved the chances of reversal. Animals are sterilized by castration in males and spaying (removal of the ovaries) in females.
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Health professionals have been concerned that variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) could be transmitted through surgical equipment because the prion proteins that cause the illness are not destroyed by standard sterilisation techniques.
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In the case of Re Marion (1992), the primary issue was whether the parents of a girl with a profound intellectual disability had the power to consent to a sterilisation operation, especially when the operation was not required for an immediate medical purpose.
Consent: tips for health care professionals by Gulam, Hyder / Australian Nursing Journal
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