Predicting Tubal Lengths After Tubal Reversal Surgery
A potential tubal reversal patient posts on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center Message Board seeking information about how to predict the amount of fallopian tube remaining after the tubal reversal procedure with Dr. Gary Berger. Although the operative report from the tubal ligation is helpful in determining the outcome after surgery, it is not 100% accurate. The amount of tubal damage is determined by where ligatures were placed on each tube and, if coagulation was used, the amount of electrical energy and length of time applied to the tubes. These are usually not specified in an operative report. The tubal segment lengths described in a pathology report underestimate the actual amount of damage done the tube during a tubal ligation procedure. The only occasion when the tubal length that has been damaged can be known in advance of the reversal operation is when a single tubal clip has been applied to the fallopian tube.
Source: http://forums.tubal-reversal.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/1/3322.html
April 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Although patients will not know their tubal lengths until after surgery, they can rest assured that Dr. Berger is able to repair the tubes in 98% of cases. Dr. Berger’s patients also have very high pregnancy rates even with tubes of shorter lengths. We have seen a successful pregnancy with as little as 1 cm of tube remaining. Very encouraging!!