Pregnancy And Birth Rates: Tubal Reversal vs. IVF

Pregnancy Rates And Birth Rates

Notice of Study Update

The following is Dr. Berger's report from 2005. The corresponding page of an updated report can be seen at Tubal Reversal Pregnancy Study 2009 -Tubal Reversal vs. IVF.

Pregnancy Statistics

The tubal reversal pregnancy statistics from Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center can be compared with the latest available national IVF statistics (2005 National Summary and Fertility Clinic Reports).

During 2005 in the United States, 97,442 IVF cycles using fresh non-donor eggs or embryos were begun. Of these, 33,101 (34%) resulted in pregnancy and 27,047 (28%) resulted in live birth deliveries. Pregnancy rates after tubal reversal and after IVF were compared based on the age categories reported in the National Summary and Fertility Clinic Reports (Figure 3). The pregnancy rate after tubal reversal was higher than after IVF within every age group.

Figure 3. Pregnancy Rates After Tubal Reversal vs IVF

Tubal Reversal

IVF

Age

Similarly, birth rates were higher after tubal reversal at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center than after IVF for women of all ages and the differences increased with increasing maternal age (Figure 4).

Figure 4. Birth Rates After Tubal Reversal vs IVF

Tubal Reversal

IVF