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Tubal Reversal Doctors - Choosing the Best for You

Among all the tubal reversal doctors that say they will do your tubal ligation reversal surgery, how do you know which is the right one to choose? In the rest of this article, I hope you will learn about some of the information you should ask any potential surgeon to find out if he or she will be right for you. After all, whether it is to have another child or for relief of post tubal ligation syndrome, you are putting so much of your future into this person’s hands. You want to make the right choice.

Let’s begin with the surgeon’s background. Where did he go to school? This includes his or her undergraduate schooling as well as the medical school. Was it pretty exclusive and were they top ranking schools? How about where he did his internship and residency? Were these done at notable institutions? What sort of tubal reversal training did he receive during this time? Did he even get to see even one tubal ligation reversal being done during this time? Because this is considered an elective surgery and most insurance won’t pay for it, it doesn’t get done in hospitals where most doctors are trained.

Experience will be the next factor you will want to get information about from your list of potential tubal reversal doctors. Just ask outright how many of these type of surgeries has the doctor done in the last five years? Just choose a number of years so you can get an idea of just how often he does it. Do you want a doctor who performs hundreds of these a year and, therefore, has lots of experience with whatever might come up? This means he will really know what he is doing. Or do you want a doctor that has done less than ten in four years, if that many? Many doctors say they will do it but do they really have the experience that will make you comfortable choosing them?

What techniques does your doctor use to insure to the best of his ability that your tubes will be open once the surgery is done? Does he just “eyeball” the alignment of the tubes and then do a dye test afterward to see if they are open? Or does he use a stint to line up the tubes to be sure they are open even before he begins suturing the tubes together? You need to think if you want to take a chance on paying for the surgery and not even being sure the job gets done correctly. How invasive will his surgery technique be into your body? How large are the cuts he will make?

How about his communications? Does he provide lines of communication to answer all your questions? How easy is it to talk to him or his staff? Do you feel you are being heard and listened to? Can you get into contact with any of his previous tubal reversal patients to get a recommendation? What do others, including his patients, say about him?

Cost - Even if the result of your tubal reversal is priceless, whether it’s that new baby you want so much or the relief from your post tubal ligation syndrome symptoms, cost is still a factor. Unless you are very fortunate with your health insurance for tubal reversal, chance are you will have to pay for the surgery yourself one way or another. Prices vary widely for this surgery from a few thousand up to and beyond $20,000. So how much will your surgeon cost you?

Does your doctor keep statistics that prove how well he does his job? Does he let you know what your chances are given your tube length, age, and type of tubal ligation done? Do you know his tubal reversal success rates? Do you know the rates of pregnancy after a tubal reversal from this doctor? Are these published and readily available to you? Does your doctor do follow-ups to collect information at six months and at one year intervals after your tubal reversal surgery?

The above factors will give you a good start to narrowing down that list of tubal reversal doctors. They will help you pick the one surgeon who will give you the best chance to achieve your purpose in having this procedure done. Sure, there are more things to consider including information about the surgical facility but these will give you a good start.