| For women who are certain that they either do not | | | | a very serious side effect that affects a number of |
| want children or no longer want any more children, | | | | women who undergo the procedure. One particularly |
| permanent sterilization surgery may be the answer. | | | | troublesome symptom occurs when the blocked tube |
| More commonly referred to as 'tube tying', tubal | | | | creates a pressure build up during menstruation, |
| ligation has become a fairly commonplace procedure, | | | | causing an inordinate amount of pelvic pain. The most |
| especially for women who have had several children. | | | | effective way to deal with this recurring symptom is |
| In fact, about half of all procedures are performed in | | | | tubal reversal surgery. |
| an operating room right after the birth of a child. | | | | While it is not necessarily a medical side effect, some |
| Before you decide on it, however, it pays to | | | | women regret having the procedure done, and wish |
| research tubal ligation side effects, because there are | | | | to have tubal reversal surgery performed. Most |
| serious risks. | | | | women, however, have the ligation knowing that it is |
| There are risks associated with any major surgery, | | | | meant to be permanent, and it is not as simple of a |
| but tubal ligation side effects are mostly directly | | | | matter to reverse the effects of a tubal ligation. |
| related to the reproductive system. In younger | | | | Over the last several decades with the great leaps |
| women, for instance, problems can crop up with a | | | | have been made in the field of tubal reversal, even if |
| woman's menstrual cycle as a result of improper | | | | a woman has second thoughts about the procedure, |
| blood flow to the ovaries. Tubal reversal is one way | | | | it is possible to reverse the process. |
| to deal with serious blood flow problems, but that | | | | Some tubal ligation side effects are quite serious, |
| would negate any positive effect that the original | | | | while others are not quite so. Only a small percentage |
| surgery had to begin with which is no more worry | | | | of women with side effects actually experience |
| about having another child. | | | | some of the worst symptoms. In either case, they |
| One of the tubal ligation side effects that many | | | | can be overcome by one method or another such as |
| patients consider most is the risk of Post Tubal | | | | a hysterectomy. Many of these cases of tubal |
| Ligation Syndrome (PTLS). Symptoms include ovarian | | | | ligation side effects, however, may be alleviated by a |
| isolation, hormonal imbalance, and severe PMS. This is | | | | tubal reversal. |