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Important Facts About Fallopian Tubes After Tubal Ligation
Dr. Turner and I close the fallopian tube in two layers instead so they are not just sewn together but are also sewn open. The fallopian tubes have a central channel where the sperm from the male...
Experience Matters When it Comes To Tubal Ligations (and Their Reversals)
We received an inquiry from a patient that had gone to a local doctor for tubal reversal and had been told that he could not do a reversal when he tried because there was too much tube missing. The...
Why It’s Best to Keep Track of the First Day of Your Period
As we have talked to the over 3,400 patients who have come to our facility for a tubal reversal, I have noticed that many patients don’t know the first day of their last menstrual period. If you are...
Tubal Reversals Do NOT Promote Miscarriages
I am a great believer in learning from patients and last week was an example. A patient contacted me about having a tubal reversal and wanted to know if tubal reversal increases the chance of...
How We Utilize the Proper Needles for Your Procedure
Dr. Tuner and I have recently made some small changes in our technique for Essure reversal that have improved dye flow that we check at the ends of the operation before our patients wake up. We...
What To Do To Increase Chances of Pregnancy After Tubal Reversal
What can you do to increase your chances of pregnancy after the tubal reversal? If you decide on tubal reversal I hope you give us the opportunity to serve you. If you go somewhere else we wish you...
Why You Should Choose Lakeshore Surgical for Your Tubal Ligation Reversal
We spend so much time talking with patients on Facebook, and in emails, I think we fail sometimes to explain a very important thing about the cost of tubal reversal. Sometimes, not always, you can...
Some Thoughts on Essure Reversal Techniques
There’s something important that I feel needs to be said about Essure Reversals and the techniques we use at Lakeshore Surgical Center. While there are several ways to perform an Essure Reversal,...
When Weight Loss is Required, Increase Metabolism, Not Fads
Lowering Your BMI Because we are a licensed surgical center we have rules that involve patient’s weight. Our patients need to have a BMI (which is calculated from your weight and height) of 34 or...
What Sets Us Apart From Those Who Claim to Do What We Do
Our Method is Always Being Perfected About a year ago, Dr. Turner and I made two changes in our technique for Essure reversal. We never make big changes, but we try something minor to see if it...
What I Know About Covid-19
I sent an email on March 18th of this year to family and friends about the virus problem affecting us. Like everything I say to anybody about medical matters, I rely only on sources that I know are...
Board Certified Tubal Reversal Surgeons
There was an article recently in USA Today that points out that 60% of all surgeries are done in same-day surgery centers. This is probably true and a great source of frustration for the hospital...
Have Questions About Tubal Reversal?
We recently opened a new way of communicating with patients by their phones and it has been revealing. Until now, most communications have been through our website and those that found us on our...
Better Understanding Tubal Reversal Surgery – Scar Tissue & Adhesions
I feel a need to clarify two words that often come up in tubal reversal surgery. We hear patients use these words incorrectly so often that I worry if some websites are using them incorrectly and...
Deciding to have a Tubal Reversal?
Dr. Turner and I have noticed that most of our patients have looked at several facilities before deciding to come to Lakeshore Surgical Center. On one hand, we feel flattered that people pick us...
Does Tubal Reversal Increase The Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy?
If you decide on tubal reversal I hope you come to Lakeshore Tubal reversal. But wherever you decide to go, you need to be aware of a risk associated with the reversal. The reversal surgery has...
Why You Need an Experienced Tubal Reversal Surgeon
When we decided to only do tubal reversals in 2001, we frequently would hear patients say “I really like your website but I would prefer to have my reversal done locally because I have known my...
Essure Reversals and Essure Removals
Why Essure Removal & Essure Reversal Is Cheaper at Lakeshore Surgical Center People have asked why we don’t charge more for Essure removals and Essure reversals. The simple answer is that the...
Can Fibroids Increase the Risk of Miscarriage
Can Fibroids Increase the Risk of Miscarriage? We often have women who have been told they have fibroids and approximately 20%, or 1 out of five, women of reproductive age do have fibroids. They are...
Finding a Doctor that Specializes in Tubal Reversals
The internet is a difficult place to look for health care services. I am saddened to say that we often see absurd claims made about the doctor’s experience. I have enough trouble answering for my...
Patients Ask About Age and Decreased Fertility, What Tests Are There?
Are There Tests for Age & Decreased Fertility? There is a recent article which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association which will change very dramatically how we use...
Can I Have a Reversal If I Have Thyroid Problems?
We frequently have patients who have or who have had thyroid problems. We always encourage them to get their thyroid status evaluated. The two most common tests are the TSH test (thyroid stimulating...
We Launched Our New Website!
We are so pleased to have launched our new website! Come check it out!
Am I Too Old to Have a Tubal Reversal?
The average age of our patients is 37. We only do tubal reversals on women and we just did our 3000th patient last summer. As a result of confining our practice to just reversals and Essure...
Accreditated Surgery Center
Our surgical center is accredited like a hospital is. One of the requirements is that we compare our results to those of similar facilities. The accrediting organization, The Accreditation...
Will Removing Essure Eliminates Symptoms?
I have symptoms that I believe are due to my Essures. How do I tell if removal will make them go away? Bayer, the current manufacturer of Essures has announced that they will no longer be selling...
Success Rates
There is an ad on the internet that says the doctor has a 98% success rate. What’s that all about? What this doctor should have explained is that 98% of the time he or she can complete the reversal....
Are There Benefits to Robotic Tubal Reversal?
My doctor referred me to a local group for robotic surgery to reverse my tubal ligation but it is very expensive, what do you think? There are no advantages to either robotic or laparoscopic tubal...
Essure Reversal
It seems since you started doing Essure Reversals that a lot of people have started following your lead, do you wish you had not gone public when you did the first one? Dr. Turner and I did the...
Questions About Tubal Reversal
I have a bunch of questions about tubal reversal. Can I call and get answers? Absolutely, we are open and available by phone during normal business hours. If you call in advance, you can come to our...