| It is no secret that many women decide to undergo | | | | date, the procedure was only performed in the US in |
| a procedure called tubal ligation each year in order to | | | | clinical trials. |
| prevent future pregnancies. Otherwise known as | | | | The patient who underwent the tubal reversal |
| getting your tubes tied, the surgery is a procedure | | | | procedure was one of the first who had the Adiana |
| where the fallopian tubes are either cut or clipped in | | | | sterilization during a clinical trial. Now, this patient is |
| some way so as to prevent pregnancy. However, | | | | known as the first successful Adiana reversal patient. |
| sometimes women end up changing their minds and | | | | Women may decide to have their tubal ligation |
| deciding that they do want to get pregnant after all. | | | | reversed for a number of different reasons including |
| With blocked or severed tubes, this would be an | | | | a change in lifestyle or relationship status. Sometimes |
| impossibility without certain procedures. One very | | | | women suffer the unfortunate circumstance of losing |
| popular surgery that women often pursue is called an | | | | a child which then prompts them to want to get |
| Adiana tubal reversal. | | | | pregnant again. Some women may go through a |
| Recently, the surgeons at the Chapel Hill Tubal | | | | divorce or remarriage and want to conceive a child |
| Reversal Center in North Carolina were the first to | | | | with a new spouse. No matter what the reason, |
| report a successful Adiana reversal. This resulted in a | | | | women need to know that there are options such as |
| pregnancy which was then reported to the public and | | | | tubal reversal. Some doctors may erroneously tell the |
| the medical field. Adiana is a female sterilization | | | | woman that in vitro fertilization is her only option, but |
| surgery which is very similar to the Essure procedure. | | | | this is not true. |
| It was approved by the FDA in 2009. Before that | | | | |