Tubal Reversal Success - the Three Factors
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As you learn about tubal reversal as a means of reversing having had your tubes tied, you probably want to know about the tubal reversal success rates. After all, the whole point of having a tubal reversal is to have a child. Well, for most women it is. Some just want relief of post tubal ligation syndrome.
So if you are one of those wanting to know about tubal reversal success, you will probably want to also know what success depends upon. A successful outcome depends upon three basic things. These are the method of tubal ligation, your age and the length of the fallopian tubes left after the surgery which, of course, depends upon what happened in your tubal ligation in the first place.
The only easily reached published source of information broken down by these three areas comes to us from the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center's website. That being the case, we will use their statistics in the rest of this article. Just be aware these statistics are coming from a surgeon with the experience of having done over 7000 surgeries and who does them five days a week, up to four surgeries a day. You just aren't going to get that kind of experience and success with some local do-it-once-a-year type of doctor.
Organizing our list of tubal ligation methods, we will see that you have the best chance if your doctor used rings or clips with a 76% chance. The worst chance is if you had a fimbriectomy which still gives you a better than 50-50 shot. And that's a better chance than you get with any one cycle of IVF.
With age, you should see that the older you are, the less your chances of successfully getting pregnant. The statistics from the website bear this out. Patients under 30 when they had their tubal reversal have shown an 82% pregnancy rate while women over 40 have only a 41% chance. Bear in mind, however, that the over 40 statistic contains at least two women who were in their 50s when they had a tubal reversal done.
The statistics regarding the length of the tubes show that the more you have left, the better it is for your pregnancy chances. 7.5 cm or better gives you an 80% shot but 2.5 cm or less gives you only about a 38% chance.
One last statistic for you to consider is the increase in chances of having an ectopic pregnancy. This raises only by 10% but you should know it as well. One other thing to consider is that getting pregnant and staying that way are two different things. Women who have tubal reversal surgery usually watch their cycles much more closely than most women and are much more aware of when things are happening. Due to this they are better able to make reports back to Dr. Berger. These additional statistics have also found their way into his pregnancy statistics on his website for your review.
Hopefully this article will answer some of the questions you have about tubal reversal success. Just check out our resources below to look over the information for yourself.
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