| If you are considering a way that you can have a | | | | cm, you will have an 80% success rate. But if they |
| child after having your tubes tied, then you probably | | | | are less than 2.5 cm, your success rate drops to |
| want to know the tubal reversal success rates. Is | | | | 38%. |
| tubal reversal surgery going to be the best option for | | | | The last factor we consider here is your age at the |
| you? That will depend upon a few factors. | | | | time of the tubal ligation reversal. As you can imagine, |
| To begin with, your tubal ligation method plays a big | | | | age does play a big part in whether or not you can |
| part in your success. It has a bit to do with the | | | | get pregnant. Just having surgery to reverse tying |
| damage that is done to your fallopian tubes by the | | | | your tubes is not going to get rid of the biological |
| method and how easily it can be repaired. Using the | | | | clock. In the study that was done among 4025 |
| statistics from a study done by the Chapel Hill Tubal | | | | women, those still in their 20s when they got the |
| Reversal Center, you can see that your best chances | | | | reversal had an 82% chance of getting pregnant |
| come if had clips or rings used. For them, the success | | | | while those over 40 had a 41% chance. And although |
| rate is 76%. Other methods include ligation or | | | | women over 40 do face several risk factors in being |
| resection, coagulation or burning, and fimbriectomy or | | | | pregnant, you might want to know it looks like the |
| removal of the fimbrial ends. Your chances of a | | | | number of women over 40 getting pregnant is |
| successful surgery decreases in that order as well. | | | | increasing. |
| The fimbriectomy has a 56% pregnancy rate. | | | | So you can see that even given all these different |
| Our next factor to consider is the tubal length. Just | | | | components of the three factors, tubal reversal is a |
| how long are the tubes once surgery to repair them | | | | very viable option. Just check out the charts from |
| is complete and what chances does the length give | | | | the study and see what your tubal reversal success |
| you? If you luck out and have tube length over 7.5 | | | | chances are. |