6 Tips for Searching Through Tubal Reversal Clinics

As we have stated in other articles, every year many, many women change their minds about the sterilization procedure they had and now want a tubal reversal. Thus begins their search for which of the tubal reversal clinics available will be the best one for them. Whether you want a tubal ligation reversal so you have a good chance at having another child or you want one for relief of post tubal ligation syndrome (PTLS), you need to look for the best place to have the procedure.

Probably the first thing you want to consider in tubal reversal clinics is whether or not doing tubal ligation reversal surgeries is the only thing done there. After all, if given a choice, do you want to go to a clinic where that is all they do? Or do you want to go to one where they do in vitro fertilization (IVF), vasectomy reversals and who knows what else? Kind of dilutes the experience of the staff, doesn't it? Not only that. I think you will find that the staff just might try to persuade you to the more expensive, yet less successful, IVF. The clinic will simply make more money with that procedure than a tubal reversal because the success rate of each cycle is only about 30% and costs much more than a reversal surgery.

You will most likely also want to know something about how the clinic is accredited. Who has done the accreditation? Does the clinic even have one? Is it licensed to operate as a business? Can you easily find all this information on a website or a brochure from the clinic?

Now you will also want to know the reputation of the clinic and its doctors and staff. Can you check with former patients about how they were treated and what their results were? Will the clinic you are looking at provide this to you? Are they caring or do they make you feel like you are just a number? What type of follow up care do they give? Do they even answer your questions when you call or does it take days and weeks to get a response?

Now check out the reputation of the surgeon who will be doing the surgery. What kind does he have with other doctors and most especially with his patients? What is his training and educational background? Who trained him? What type of surgery does he perform? Is it one that is going to have you laid up for weeks or out and about within a couple days? Do you feel secure asking him questions?

Next you should take a look at the success rates for the individual tubal reversal clinic you are looking at. They do keep records on their patients, don't they? Are those statistics available where you can review them? What factors do they consider in the records they keep? Can you learn your chances, with this clinic, depending upon your tube length, ligation procedure, your age, etc.?

Last, you need to consider the price of a reversal procedure at the clinics you are looking at. Chances are you will have to pay for the surgery, so I know price is a factor. But don't let it be the sole determining factor. Use the answers you come up with from the questions above to help you make up your mind.

Using all the above, and the other things you will find as you search through the tubal reversal clinics, you should be able to make a better choice as to which will be the right one for you. Just take some time and get your answers. If you can't find out what you need to about one of the clinics, it's probably best to just move on to another.

By: Sandra Wilson

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