Past topics in the Tubal Reversal Blog include posts and comments about patient care at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. This topic summarizes important articles about tubal ligation and tubal reversal reported in the news during 2007.

Sterilization is Most Popular Family Planning Method
Approximately 10 million American women use the pill for contraception, while sterilization has been chosen by 15 million men and women.

One In Five Women Regret Decision For Tubal Ligation
One in five women under age 30 who undergo tubal sterilization later regret the procedure, despite the number of children they have.

Is Sterilization the Best Contraception Choice?
Women requesting a tubal ligation should be counseled regarding other long-term, reversible methods of contraception and informed that vasectomy is safer and more effective than tubal ligation.

Tubal Ligation Counseling Issues
Counseling about tubal ligation should include permanence of the method, possibility of future regret, and information about the specific techniques of tubal sterilization.

Relationship Conflict Before Sterilization
Women whose relationship was marked by substantial conflict before they underwent tubal ligation were most likely to regret the decision.

Young Age, Prodding Partner and Sterilization Regret
Young age and a prodding partner are risk factors indicating that a woman undergoing sterilization may later regret her decision.

Tubal Reversal Among Overweight Women
Overweight women’s chances of becoming pregnant after tubal reversal improve when they lose weight.

Dr. Berger’s Comment

These news reports touch on some of the issues patients talk about when they come to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for tubal sterilization reversal. The popularity of tubal ligation, and the fact that many women regret their decision to have a tubal ligation, are well documented. Young age and marital conflict are risk indicators for subsequent regret. Before performing a tubal ligation, doctors should ensure that the implications of ending childbearing potential are clearly understood and discuss vasectomy as an alternative permanent method of birth control. Women undergoing tubal reversal who are overweight should be aware that losing weight will improve their chances of becoming pregnant again.

How Fertility is Restored Through Outpatient Tubal Reversal

This video clip comes from a Discovery Channel production featuring the tubal reversal procedure that I perform. The film crew followed Deborah and Paul Martinez as they proceeded through their tubal reversal journey. The operation was filmed in its entirety and I describe each step as I proceed through the procedure. The video clip available here is only 3 minutes in length, but the entire operation is available in a free videotape or DVD. Originally aired as part of the series, “The Operation”, the film has also been broadcast on TLC (The Learning Channel) and on “The CBS Early Morning Show”.

The video tape or DVD is free of charge for personal viewing. There is a small charge for shipping and handling.

This video shows step-by-step how I repair the fallopian tubes after a tubal ligation in a one-hour outpatient procedure that is comfortable for the patient and results in very quick recovery.

Once you see this you will understand why patients come to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center from all over the US as well as from other countries for their tubal reversal procedure. Besides its comfort and fast recovery, my procedure has the highest success rates of any operation to repair the tubes and it more successful than the alternative (and more expensive) treatment of IVF.

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