Tubal Reversal Clinics - Which is Right for You?
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If you are one of the many women each year that begins a search for tubal reversal clinics due to changing your mind about your sterilization procedure, you should read through the below for help in determining which will be best for you. Whether you want another child due to some unforeseen change of mind or simply for relief from post tubal syndrome (PTS), you will want to be sure you go to the best clinic and doctor for your circumstances.
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.
Next thing to consider will be the certification of the clinic. Who has it been accredited by? Has it been licensed by the state in which it resides? And will the clinic proudly proclaim this information where it is easy for you to see?
What is the reputation of the clinic? Do they have a reputation for answering questions and providing excellent patient care both before and after surgery? Can you talk to other patients to find out how they feel about the treatment they received?
Of course, the clinic isn’t actually the one doing the surgery. What is the reputation of the surgeon from this tubal reversal clinic? How was he or she trained and educated? How many of these surgeries has he done in the last couple years? Does he have a good reputation among his patients? Do they say nice things about him? Does he respond to questions from patients or make sure someone does?
Going further into reputation, what are the surgical statistics for a tubal reversal by the doctors at the clinic? Can you easily and readily locate to learn the success rates after tubal reversal given your age, type of tubal ligation, tubes lengths and so on from that specific clinic? If you are going to have someone operating on you for that shot of having another child, I would think you would want to know what your chances of success are.
Maybe the last thing to consider is the cost of a procedure from the tubal reversal clinics. With the price tag varying from a few thousand up to and over $25,000, cost can be an important factor. But you do need to be sure that all the above are addressed as well. You just cannot make your decision based on cost alone.
Now you have some idea of what factors to research when looking among the tubal reversal clinics available. Get the answers to the above questions and you will have the information you need to make the best decision for you.
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