Question 1

how good is a tubal ligation?

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Depends: It depends on the type of tubal ligation.  If you had your tubes cut and tied at the time of a cesarean delivery, it fails about 1 time in 400. If you had a clip placed on the tube it is usually around 1:300.  The newer tubal ligations where we put a coil or plug in the tubes are better and fail really rarely.

Question 2

how painful is a tubal ligation?

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Depends: Upon the procedure you chose. The traditional laparoscopic procedures can be painful for upto 48 hours after. The essure involves some pain as the local anesthetic is administered for about a minute or so and is painless thereafter in my own patient experiences.

Question 3

different type of tubal ligation?

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Clipping vs scarring: There are two ways of doing this.  The first, more traditional, is to surgically clip the tubes, tying each end so fertilization cannot occur.  A newer way is to insert a coil (example: essure) that causes the tube to constrict and scar down, no longer allowing passage of sperm upward, or eggs downward.  This is usually performed without surgery so it can be less expensive and faster recovery.

Question 4

how badly can a tubal ligation hurt?

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Everyone's different: If you are worried about pain after sterilization then you might want to consider the essure tubal as I have seen very little pain experenced after it as there is no cutting or burning with it.

Question 5

what to do if i have a tubal ligation?

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More info: Are you trying to get pregnant?  You can consult a fertility doctor about a tubal reversal.  You can also have IVF to get pregnant.  If you have your tubes tied and have a positive pregnancy test, call your doctor right away so they can confirm it is not an ectopic, or tubal pregnancy which can be life threatening.

Question 6

what to expect after a tubal ligation?

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U shoudl feel happy : And relieved that you cannot get pregnant, u need to ask the doc who does your tubal because it depends how it was done, I do in office essure tubals, easy takes 5 minutes minimal discomfort during and after only miss a few hrs of work, u are awake for the procedure, if your doc does laparoscopic tubal , will be in a lot of pain for a few days and will miss 2-7 days of work and u are put under.

Question 7

why would someone get a tubal ligation?

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Permanent contracept: Tuboligation is a permanent contraceptive method and some women may prefer this after having "enough children" and some never want children at all . It is relatively safe and effective procedure. There are other methods such as iud, hormone implants (nexplanon) are quite good as well. Or male partner can get snipped--very effective as well. If u r considering, consult doc. Good luck.

Question 8

are there tubal ligation pains afterwards?

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Generally.no: Most times tubal ligation does not produce post-procedure pains after recovery. However, if adhesions occur, that can be a source of pain later whereby tissues intra-abdominally such as the bowel, tube or ovary end up sticking to each other inappropriiately.

Question 9

how long is a tubal ligation garunted for?

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No time: A tubal sterilization procedure has a certain failure rate so there is never a guarantee that it will not fail.  Usually it doesn't.

Question 10

how many times could a tubal ligation fail?

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Not often: The rate of tubal failure depends on the technique used but is roughly 1/400. When I have a patient experience a tubal failure i recommend removing the tubes completely so that it does not happen again. The lowest rate of tubal failure is with essure in patients who do the confirmatory xray (hsg) 3 months after the procedure.

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