This case report is about a 26 year old woman with no children who had a tubal ligation at age 22. She changed her mind about wanting to have children and came to A Personal Choice to have her tubes untied. But her tubal ligation was with such a destructive method that tubal reversal was not possible. The question is raised, since there are tubal ligation methods that can be reversed, is it ethical for a doctor to destroy the tubes in a young woman with no children?
This case report is about an IVF nurse who was familiar the pros and cons of tubal ligation reversal vs IVF. She and her husband decided ligation reversal was a more appropriate path for them. She was a knowledgeable medical professional. She understood what it meant to have a tubal ligation. Many patients of all walks of life will have changes of heart as their lives change. Even medical professionals will make health care decisions for themselves that later may turn out to not be right for them. In her case, the surgical techniques of tubal anastomosis and microsurgical salpingostomy were used to repair the fallopian tubes.
A Personal Choice is the only medical facility specifically for outpatient tubal ligation reversal surgery. We provide the most detailed and accurate information about tubal reversal available. Providing facts about tubal reversal success is the mission of our website.
Sally Muncy, RN is an Operating Room Nurse at A Personal Choice who assists patients throughout their tubal reversal procedures. She explains the responsibilities and functions of the Operating Room Nurse in this blog topic.
Dr. Gary Berger and his team at A Personal Choice give hope to hundreds of women each year looking to have another baby. Patients come to Chapel Hill from across the United States and abroad to have him perform the one-hour, outpatient microsurgical procedure he developed an refined. With the most experience in tubal reversal surgery, Dr. Gary Berger has successfully repaired the fallopian tubes in 98 percent of the women who have had a tubal ligation and want to get pregnant.
Momzilla is the public display name of a member of the Tubal Reversal Message Board. She came to A Personal Choice seeking relief of symptoms that developed after she had undergone a tubal ligation. She is one of many women who report the onset of many symptoms they associate with tubal sterilization that have been described as Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS). She is reporting daily about her experiences related to tubal ligation and tubal reversal to other interested women on the Tubal Reversal Message Board.
Some women seek to have their tubes untied for many reasons other than to have another child after tubal ligation. Some of the reasons are to: relieve symptoms associated with a tubal ligation (PTLS), feel whole again, be like God intended them to be, comply with their religious tenants, relieve regret of a prior mistake, correct a decision made during a past and difficult relationship, or fill the emptiness from the loss of a child or another loved one.
This is one of the case histories of tubal reversal patients at A Personal Choice. She is a 33 year old mother of three from West Virginia. Women travel from all over the US and the world to have their tubal ligation reversal performed at A Personal Choice. It is the only medical facility that exists specifically and exclusively for tubal ligation reversal surgery.
At A Personal Choice, we use general anesthesia for our tubal reversal surgeries. You will be completely asleep thorough your operation. When under general anesthesia you will be totally unconscious and will not be able to feel any pain. In addition to the general anesthetic, your tubal reversal surgeon will place local anesthetic into the skin and deeper structures that are operated upon to help you be as comfortable as possible when you wake up.