Surgical Technique

The tubal reversal procedure, is performed via minilaparotomy, is an outpatient surgery with low cost, quick recovery, minimal risk and a high success rate.

Microsurgical techniques are used throughout the operation, beginning at the skin. A small "bikini"incision (usually 6 to 7 centimeters) is made just above and parallel to the pubic bone. To minimize postoperative pain the use of self-retaining retractors is avoided. Further, the pelvic organs are constantly irrigated using a heparinized saline solution to prevent postoperative adhesion formation.

The above result in minimal bleeding, tissue trauma, and minimal post-operative pain, all of which expedite recovery.

As with all surgeries there are risks, but with these microsurgical procedures, the post-operative complication rate after tubal reversal is less than 1/1000. Our success rate for reanastomosing (opening and reconnecting) the tubes is over 90 percent, and the pregnancy rate is 70 percent.

Patients are typically discharged from the outpatient surgery center within two to four hours and can expect to resume normal activities within one to two weeks depending on the patients job. This differs from the typical approach to tubal reversal, which requires a one to three day hospital stay and a four to six week recovery.