Tubal Ligation Reversal
Tube Reveral - Almost 650,000 adult females have tube ligation in the United States each year, thus closing their ability to have kids. What occurs when circumstances change and a woman determines that she really wants to have kids? Around six in every hundred of women who originally determined that tubal ligation was required, within 5 years, decide that to experience pregnancy and give birth to a baby.
Several factors play an important part in the success rates of tubal ligation reversal. These may include:
- the type of tubal ligation procedure earlier used
- the age of the woman at the time of tubal ligation reversal, females over 40 should discuss the chances of success with their doctor before undergoing tubal ligation reversal
- the extent of damage caused due to the original tubal ligation procedure is directly related to the success rates of tube reversal.
Females who may be successful with tube ligation reversal are those in whom tubal ligations involved either the excision of a tiny part of the fallopian tubes, or those in whom tubal ligation was achieved with the help of rings or clips placed in the tubes to stop ova released during the ovulation cycle from moving through the tubes to the uterus.
Generally, success rates for tubal ligation reversal surgery can differ from 20 to 70 percent.
The tubal ligation reversal procedure makes use of microsurgery to rejoin the sections of the fallopian tubes. Many factors have a direct effect on the potential for a successful tubal reversal procedure. Since the fallopian tube's diameter varies from end to end, a better chance for positive results occurs when the diameters of the remaining two parts of fallopian tube are nearly the same. In situations where the two ends of the tubes are of different diameters (for example, a smaller end of tube near to the uterus is being connected to a wider end near the end of the fallopian tube), success rates for getting pregnant are lower.
The ideal person for tubal ligation reversal is a woman with nearly the same diameter of the ends of the fallopian tubes, and whose tubes are more than three to four inches long following tube ligation reversal. (Before tube ligation the fallopian tubes are close to eight inches long.)
The decision to have tubal ligation reversal should be cautiously considered against the potential for successful in vitro fertilization. Women with little chance of successful tubal reversal should be advised to consider in vitro fertilization.
You should discuss your personal situation with your doctor to determine your best chances for achieving successful pregnancy either by tube ligation reversal operation, or in vitro fertilization technique.
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 Tubal Ligation Reversal
Tubal Ligation
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