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January 13, 2008 · No Comments
Patients often ask when they should have a hysterosalpingogram (HSG) to see if their fallopian tubes are open after tubal reversal surgery.
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January 12, 2008 · No Comments
Why Some Patients Choose To Have Screening Laparoscopy Tubal ligation procedures vary in the severity of injury occurring to the fallopian tubes. Although most tubal ligations are reversible, there are some cases where tubal reversal is not possible. If the operative report from your tubal ligation indicates there may be a problem in repairing the […]
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January 06, 2008 · No Comments
I recently received an email from a patient who had an ectopic pregnancy subsequent to her tubal reversal. Unfortunately, the pregnancy continued to the point of tubal rupture with the loss of the fallopian tube. Patient’s History I was hoping you could help me understand why my ectopic pregnancy was not detected early enough to […]
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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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January 01, 2008 · No Comments
New patients may want to learn about the relationship between A Personal Choice and Chapel Hill Surgical Center. They are interrelated health care organizations exclusively for the benefit of patients undergoing tubal reversal surgery. A Personal Choice A Personal Choice is the name of my private practice. It is located on the second floor of a 2 story […]
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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 26, 2007 · No Comments
Doctors who perform tubal ligations should consider the possibility that the patient might in the future change her mind. It is best to perform a type of tubal ligation that can be reversed at a later time, should the need arise. The best choice of a tubal ligation requested by a young woman with no children is the clip method (either Hulka clip or Filshie clip).
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December 22, 2007 · No Comments
Tubal Anastomosis at the Uterine Cornua Tubouterine anastomosis is a tubal reversal procedure that is intermediate between tubotubal anastomosis and tubouterine implantation. It is also called cornual anastomosis because the tube is joined to the cornual area of the uterus with this operation. The cornu is the area where the fallopian tube normally emerges from […]
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December 15, 2007 · No Comments
Gary S Berger MD, Medical Director of A Personal Choice, is well known for his contributions to clinical medicine as a reproductive surgeon. Patients sometimes ask about Dr. Berger’s education, training, academic credentials, scholarly research and publications. This is a resume of Dr. Berger’s academic credentials: ACADEMIC DEGREES 1965 A.B. with Honors Harvard College Boston, […]
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