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November 29, 2007 · No Comments
What is Essure? Essure is a permanent birth control device that has recently become available as an alternative to traditional tubal ligation methods. The spring-like device is inserted through the uterine cavity into the tubal openings using a hysteroscope. This can be done as an in-office procedure. The device expands to fill the tubal opening […]
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November 28, 2007 · No Comments
Tubal Ligation by Falope Ring and Hulka Clip The Falope ring and Hulka clip are occlusive methods of tubal ligation. They block the fallopian tubes, but no tubal segments are clamped, removed, or burned. The Falope ring is also referred to as the tubal ring or tubal band. It constricts a segment of the fallopian […]
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November 27, 2007 · No Comments
Pomeroy Technique of Tubal Ligation and Resection The most common type of tubal ligation is the Pomeroy procedure, named after Dr. Ralph Pomeroy who described it in 1930. The Pomeroy method involves picking up a segment of the fallopian tube to create a knuckle, placing a tie or ligature with absorbable suture around its base, […]
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November 25, 2007 · No Comments
About Me Sometimes patients ask about my background and why I became a tubal reversal doctor. (It’s a fair question, since I ask them what made them decide to have a tubal reversal.) I usually tell them about my first year after medical school when I was an intern in medicine at Duke University Hospital […]
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November 21, 2007 · No Comments
Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy Tubal surgery is associated with an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy outside of the uterine cavity). The risk of ectopic pregnancy is 2-3% in the general population. After tubal ligation and tubal ligation reversal, the risk is approximately 10%. Therefore, every woman who is pregnant following tubal reversal should […]
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November 20, 2007 · No Comments
Almost every article one reads about tubal ligation stresses that it is permanent. Most doctors and the lay public believe this to be true. In my experience, however, tubal ligation is reversible in over 95% cases! Doctors stress that tubal ligation is a permanent method birth control because it cannot be discontinued easily such as […]
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November 19, 2007 · No Comments
How Fertility is Restored Through Outpatient Tubal Reversal (Video not available at this time) 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 […]
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August 06, 2025 · No Comments
Thank you so much for everything that y’all do. North Chesterfield, Virginia
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June 04, 2025 · No Comments
Thank you for helping me have my miracle in my hands. Delran, New Jersey
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