Tubal Surgery of Mrs. Peach: Doctor’s View
In early 2009, Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center was contacted by Tanya who was interested in tubal reversal surgery. Tanya had been reading the Tubal Reversal Blog, wanted a tubal ligation reversal, and expressed a desire to document her journey for the benefit of other women.
She adopted her Tubal Reversal Message Board sign-on name and this was the start of the Tubal Ligation Reversal Journey of Georgia Peach.
In her last submission she described her experience the day of her reversal procedure. Her husband, Kevin (or now Mr. Peach), also gave his experience the day of surgery for the benefits of other husbands/partners. Now Dr. Monteith tells the story from his viewpoint.
Green Light For Tubal Reversal Surgery
Tanya was a good candidate for reversing tubal ligation. She was 32 years old and healthy. She had a ligation/resection type of tubal sterilization 9 years ago. She did not have any serious medical problems, and her BMI was 22. After she sent us her records, we reviewed them and notified her she was cleared for tubal reversal surgery.
Sterilization Reversal Surgery of Georgia Peach
I met with Tanya and Kevin the day before her surgery. She and her husband provided details of their visit in previous articles – so I will not repeat them here. Her tubal surgery was the next day. They appeared excited and ready for the reversal surgery. After our meeting we took pictures together and they returned to the hotel.
On the day of surgery, she was a little anxious about her IV (Tanya hates needles). I wanted to take some pictures before surgery, but Tanya was so anxious about her IV I decided to not take pictures of her before surgery.
Her tubal reversal went well. The entire surgery lasted exactly 60 minutes.
Her fallopian tubes were in excellent condition. After tubal anastomosis, Tanya’s left tube was 6 cm and her right tube was 5.5 cm. The estimated blood loss was 10 milliliters (the equivalent of 2 teaspoons).
Since Tanya had a low BMI and no previous abdominal surgery, we were able to perform an ultramini-bikini incision. Her actual tubal reversal incision is pictured here after skin closure. A very fine suture has been used to close the 3.5 cm skin incision.
Tubal Reversal Recovery: Hope Restored
Tanya did well in the recovery room and returned to the hotel. She and her husband drove home the next day. I am certain she will detail her recovery in future blog submissions.
It is too soon to have any reported pregnancies from them, but we are very optimistic we will hear something within the year.
The next blog article in this series is Tubal Reversal Surgery of Mrs Peach: Reversal Cast.
Submitted by Dr. Charles Monteith
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:51 pm
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April 7th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Thank you everyone that helped Tanya during this journey. We are trying and hopefully soon..very soon we will have wonderful news to share with everyone
April 7th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Another great story to show how much Dr. Berger and Dr. Monteith do to keep the discomfort as little as possible and to make the recovery time as quick as it can be. Thanks for another wonderful blog!
March 31st, 2009 at 8:56 am
What a nice ending to your tubal reversal surgical journey, Tanya, with a successful tubal reanastamosis, good recovery, and such a small incision site. Hope to hear good news about a BFP soon!
March 27th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I agree with the other comments about the picture. What a benefit to have a visual of the actual incision. Patients have every advantage for surgery preparation available at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:49 am
WOW – that small incision is sure to decrease healing/pain from surgury. What a great option for those women that are good candidates for it!
Best of luck to Georgia Peach!
March 26th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Thank you Tanya for letting Dr. Monteith share your tubal reversal incision picture on his blog. This will be very helpful for many women considering tubal reversal surgery.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Thank you to Tanya for letting Dr. Monteith post a picture of her incision on this blog. Visuals are very helpful. Most people can’t believe it can be done through such a small incision.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
It is amazing to see surgery done through such a small incision. I know the ladies will really appreciate this.
March 26th, 2009 at 4:20 am
The size of the incision and the short surgical time make such a difference in our patients recovery. This blog topic will help alleviate anxiety and answer questions for many of our future patients.