| Perhaps you've had two or three children (or none at | | | | of four women who undergo surgery to reverse |
| all) and you've decided not to have any more children. | | | | tubal ligation find themselves pregnant within the |
| You have several methods of birth control to look | | | | year. While the fallopian tubes are rather delicate |
| into, from the pill to rings to implants placed under | | | | organs, they heal fairly quickly, allowing some patients |
| the skin. Of course, none of these methods are | | | | to go home the day of the surgery or the next day |
| foolproof, and they all have failure rates. Many | | | | with a simple check up the day after. |
| women who have made the decision not to bear any | | | | The actual procedure to reverse tubal ligation is |
| more children have undergone a more radical | | | | pretty straightforward, even though there are many |
| procedure commonly known as 'tubal ligation'. In this | | | | different types. At its most basic, the surgery |
| process, the patient's fallopian tubes are tied off or | | | | involves removing any damaged portion of the |
| blocked in some other way. Medical science, however | | | | fallopian tubes and suturing the remaining undamaged |
| has turned what was once permanent into an almost | | | | tubes together again. The specifics of each |
| routine thing to reverse tubal ligation. | | | | procedure, of course, change, but this is the core of |
| In the sterilization process, the fallopian tubes are | | | | tubal ligation reversal. |
| blocked in different ways. The surgeon can use clips | | | | Leading doctors are constantly refining their |
| or rings to effectively clamp off the tubes, he can | | | | understanding of the fallopian tubes and the |
| sever them completely and tie the ends off, or in | | | | extremely fine skills needed to reverse tubal ligation. |
| some cases, simply cauterize the tubes so that the | | | | Some doctors even boast that up to 90% of their |
| egg cannot make its journey to the uterus. Steps | | | | patients in certain categories are pregnant within a |
| that can be taken to reverse tubal ligation are equally | | | | year. Even though it is major surgery, as is the |
| diverse and are very effective. Of course, no doctor | | | | ligation procedure itself, tubal ligation reversal has |
| can guarantee that any corrective surgery will | | | | become as safe and effective as almost any other |
| definitely work, but it has become a relatively simple | | | | major surgery out there. If you are interested to |
| procedure. | | | | reverse tubal ligation surgery, consult your doctor |
| Reliable data aren't readily available from most | | | | before making the decision about whether the |
| surgeons, but something on the order of three out | | | | procedure is right for you. |