Dr. Gary Berger did not invent tubal ligation reversal surgery, but he developed the technique of outpatient tubal ligation reversal and has continued to improve it to where it is today.
Over the last thirty years, he has developed his tubal reversal technique into a safe and affordable operation. Through his efforts, tubal reversal surgery continues to thrive with high pregnancy success and his reversal surgery is more affordable than the alternative treatment of in-vitro fertilization. As a result, many couples have been able to realize their dreams of becoming pregnant after sterilization surgery.
During Dr. Berger’s 30-year career, over 10,000 women who have undergone tubal ligation reversal have experienced the hope of restored fertility and the joy of pregnancy. The important work of Dr. Berger and the staff of A Personal Choice was recently acknowledged in a feature article of The Triangle Physician Magazine.
Can you get pregnant after tubal ligation?
Staff of the Triangle Physician Magazine visited A Personal Choice in the spring of 2010 to ask if pregnancy is a possibility after a tubal ligation. They were at the reversal center for two days and interviewed patients, staff, Dr. Monteith, and Dr. Berger. They were able to experience the entire tubal reversal evaluation, reversal operation, and tubal reversal recovery.
They were impressed with their observations of a local North Carolina surgical center, where sophisticated sterilization reversal surgery was being performed on women from throughout the United States and the world. The article was published in May of 2010 and a condensed article is available for reading:
Berger Babies and Database Are Proof Tubes Can Be Untied.
Most effective tubal reversal procedure
Dr. Berger trained in microsurgery in the 1970’s. Since that time he has developed an effective and successful sterilization reversal technique. His surgical practice is devoted exclusively to tubal ligation reversal and surgery to correct blocked tubes. He provides couples the hope they seek in getting pregnant after sterilization procedures or after having suffered the consequences of tubal disease.
Pioneering successful tubal reversals
In the 1970’s tubal reversal surgery was at the forefront of microsurgical practice. Tubal surgery was first developed in Europe and eventually moved to the United States. In comparison, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technology was in its infancy, experimental, and expensive. This time period was a very different period in the practice of reproductive medicine than it is now.
Over time, IVF became an all encompassing treatment for all types of infertility. As IVF became mainstream, the practice of IVF was moved out of the hospital setting and into the medical office and IVF became more cost-effective. Tubal reversals were done in a hospital and these were long surgeries that required several nights stay. IVF began to outpace the practice of providing tubal reversal surgery.
The above effects also had a profound impact on the training of microsurgical tubal reversals. Since these surgeries were not being performed as often and more emphasis was placed on IVF, the training of doctors in the techniques of tubal surgery began to suffer. Doctors who were starting practice in reproductive medicine were having less and less experience with reversal surgery.
Dr. Berger initially practiced both IVF and tubal reversal surgery. He observed how successful tubal reversals could be to couples suffering from blocked tubes. Over time he gradually evolved his surgical technique to allow tubal reversal surgery to be performed safely in an outpatient setting and without the need for hospital stay. Other infertility doctors were not doing surgery this way, and Dr. Berger’s evolution in the practice of outpatient tubal reversal has allowed tubal ligation reversal to be obtained and afforded by many couples.
Sadly, many doctors still only offer more expensive tubal reversal without any improvement in the pregnancy success rates. Most commonly these are in hospital tubal reversal, laparoscopic tubal reversal, and robotic tubal reversal surgery.
Best tubal reversal: successful and affordable reversal
A Personal Choice continues to provide the most successful tubal reversal surgery ever documented and at an affordable price.
Dr. Berger’s patients have provided information about pregnancy success by submitting reports of their pregnancies after tubal reversal. Unique among all doctors, Dr. Berger publishes the pregnancy rates after tubal reversal that show the high success of his surgery. This information has been extremely helpful information to other women considering tubal reversal surgery.
Visitors are encouraged to read the patient submitted Patient Satisfaction Messages and Tubal Reversal Baby Testimonials.
With so many reversal surgeries performed and patient-submitted thank you messages, women and their partners can be assured they are making the best choice when they have their tubes repaired at A Personal Choice – the specialty center that has developed and saved the practice of microsurgical tubal reversal surgery.
