Six Factors For Picking Tubal Reversal Clinics

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.

Start with looking for a clinic that does only tubal reversals. After all, as one doctor told his patient, if you had cancer, you would want to go to a clinic that specialized in only cancer and didn't do several other things as well. It's a matter of focus. It's also a matter of what else they will try to get you to do instead. Face it, with a 30% success rate per cycle, an in vitro fertilization, IVF, just may not be your best chance. Most likely you will have to do more than one cycle and each will cost. Even if your insurance covers some of it you will be picking up part of the tab. Of course, this all depends upon your personal situation. Just like anything else, a tubal reversal is not right for everyone who wants to untie their tubes.

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?

And speaking of reputation, what is the background of the surgeon from the clinic who does the surgery? What is his or her training and education? What type of surgery do they perform and how will this impact your surgery length and recovery time? Does the surgeon have a reputation of caring for his patients? Can you even talk to the surgeon and his staff and get your questions answered?

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.

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.

Take all the above and search out which of the tubal reversal clinics will be the right one for you. Each of us have different criteria and different needs. These factors just give you a basis for making your decision. Good luck in your choice.