ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Pollock Clinics Online</TITLE> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> <!-- Hide from other browsers var browser = "unsafe" if ((navigator.appName == "Netscape") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) < 4 )){ browser = "unsafe" } if ((navigator.appName == "Netscape") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >=4 )){ browser = "safe" } if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) < 4 )) { browser = "unsafe" } if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 )) { browser = "safe" } // highlight function highlight(img) { if ( browser == "safe" ) { document[img].src ="images/toc_" + img + "_on.gif"; } else {} } // un-highlight function unhighlight(img) { if ( browser == "safe" ) { document[img].src ="images/toc_" + img + "_off.gif"; } else {} } // --> </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BACKGROUND="images/background.gif" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0" LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="98%"> <TR> <TD VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="135"><A HREF="index2.html" onMouseOver="highlight('home');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('home');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_home_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="home"></A><BR> <A HREF="basics.html" onMouseOver="highlight('basics');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('basics');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_basics_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="basics"></A><BR> <A HREF="nsv.html" onMouseOver="highlight('nsv');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('nsv');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_nsv_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="nsv"></A><BR> <A HREF="questions.html"><IMG SRC="images/toc_questions_on.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="questions"></A><BR> <A HREF="drpollock.html" onMouseOver="highlight('drpollock');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('drpollock');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_drpollock_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="drpollock"></A><BR> <A HREF="video.html" onMouseOver="highlight('video');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('video');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_video_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="video"></A><BR> <A HREF="form.html" onMouseOver="highlight('reg');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('reg');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_reg_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="reg"></A><BR> <A HREF="locations.html" onMouseOver="highlight('locations');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('locations');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_locations_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="locations"></A><BR> <A HREF="links.html" onMouseOver="highlight('link');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('link');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_link_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="link"></A><BR> <A HREF="contact.html" onMouseOver="highlight('contact');" onMouseOut="unhighlight('contact');"><IMG SRC="images/toc_contact_off.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="34" NAME="contact"></A><BR> <IMG SRC="images/toc_bottom.gif" BORDER="0" WIDTH="134" HEIGHT="111"><BR></TD> <TD WIDTH="10"><IMG SRC="images/spacer.gif" HEIGHT="10" WIDTH="10" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="3"> <CENTER><IMG SRC="images/header.gif"></CENTER> <P>&nbsp;<BR> <IMG SRC="images/questions_tubes_t.gif"> <P>Vasectomy procedures now out-number tubal ligations in British Columbia, clearly indicating a shift in people's thinking. <P>A tubal ligation carries a greater potential health risk for a woman than a vasectomy does for a man. This is because a tubal ligation requires a general anesthetic, and it introduces the chance of abdominal trauma during the surgery. It also increases the risk of other life-threatening complications such as an ectopic pregnancy. 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