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January 15, 2008 · No Comments
I received an email message today from a patient that prompted me to write about informed consent for tubal ligation. (See my previous blog about informed consent for tubal reversal.) Here is the message that was sent to me. Hello, Dr. Berger, You performed tubal reversal surgery on me on 10/29/07, and I just found […]
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January 05, 2008 · No Comments
Exchanging Information About Tubal Reversal The Tubal Reversal Message Board is provided by A Personal Choice to allow women to communicate with each other about tubal ligation reversal. Members of Dr. Berger’s staff also contribute their insights in the message posts. Here is an example of how members help and support each other on the message board […]
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December 31, 2007 · No Comments
Patient’s History Ana G. was one of the 4 patients I operated on today at A Personal Choice. She is a 28 year old woman from Angola, the mother of 3 children – ages 9, 8, and 6. She married when she was 15 and was in an abusive marriage. To keep from becoming pregnant […]
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December 30, 2007 · No Comments
At A Personal Choice, we receive requests 7 days a week, 365 days a year, for information about tubal ligation reversal. These requests come from women who regret having a tubal ligation. A staff member recently asked me how big a problem this is throughout the country. The following is in response to this question. […]
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December 09, 2007 · No Comments
What Is Informed Consent? Informed consent means that a person has access to and understands all relevant information about a medical or surgical treatment necessary to make an informed decision about it. In the case of tubal ligation reversal, informed consent means that a person understands how it the surgery is performed, the alternative treatment […]
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December 07, 2007 · No Comments
We provide the most detailed information about tubal reversal available from any doctor, hospital, or medical institution. This blog post describes how we are able to do this.
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November 24, 2007 · No Comments
The circumstances that lead people to have a tubal reversal procedure are unique to each person. Understanding them is helpful to me as a tubal reversal specialist providing their care during and after tubal reversal surgery. Preoperative Consultation When meeting new patients, I begin the preoperative consultation by asking about the circumstances that have them […]
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November 23, 2007 · No Comments
A Personal Choice Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is the only medical center exclusively for tubal ligation reversal. Patients travel from all over to have their tubal reversal procedures performed here. After surgery, each patient puts a pin in the map indicating where she is from. The map below shows that people come from all […]
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