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If you wish to start or add on to your family and you need tubal reversal surgery, contact IVF New Jersey.

Somerset Office: 81 Veronica Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873; map and directions; Phone: 732-220-9060; Fax: 732-545-1164
Freehold Office: 495 Iron Bridge Road
Suite 10 (2nd Floor)
Freehold, NJ 07728; map and directions; Phone: 732-577-6500; Fax: 732-577-6510
Lawrenceville Office: 3100 Princeton Pike
Building 4
Third Floor, Suite I
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; map and directions; Phone: 609-799-5666; Fax: 609-219-0742
Annandale Office: Concourse at Beaver Brook
1465 Route 31 South
Annandale, NJ 08801; (Located in Additional Shops building, main entrance at the rear parking lot); map and directions; Phone: 908-238-1220; Fax: 908-238-1225

Surgical Procedures - Including Tubal Reversal - at IVF New Jersey

All of our physicians have advanced training in surgical procedures related to reproduction, including tubal reversal. Outpatient procedures are performed in New Jersey at St. Peter's University Hospital and CARES Ambulatory Surgery in New Brunswick, CentraState Hospital in Freehold, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, and the IVF New Jersey Operative Suite in Somerset.

Surgical Procedures
Outpatient Tubal Reversal
What Is Outpatient Tubal Reversal?
What Are the Advantages of Tubal Reversal Over IVF?
How Is Tubal Reversal Performed?

Surgical Procedures

Our outpatient procedures include laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, outpatient tubal reversal, and D and C, performed by the physicians of IVF New Jersey.

These surgeries are useful in the treatment of endometriosis, scarring of fallopian tubes and ovaries, removal of ovarian cysts, reattachment of ligated fallopian tubes, and removal of intrauterine fibroids, polyps, and scar tissue. The patient typically goes home the day the procedure is performed.

Laparotomies, usually performed through a "bikini cut" incision of the lower abdomen, take place at the hospitals named above, and they normally involve a two-to-four day stay. They are necessary to remove large fibroid tumors of the uterus, large ovarian cysts, and dense and extensive scar tissue of the pelvic and abdominal organs.

Outpatient Tubal Reversal

Tubal ligation is the most common form of birth control used by married couples in the United States. It is highly effective and intended to be permanent. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for a woman to desire to have more children years after the procedure is performed. "Post sterilization regret" usually affects women who are no longer with their first husband and subsequently remarry. They desire to have children with their new husband but don't know how to accomplish this. Tubal reversal is offered at IVF New Jersey; it is performed as an outpatient surgery at low cost.

For appropriately selected patients, tubal reversal is an effective and successful treatment option at our New Jersey practice for women who wish to achieve pregnancy following a previous tubal ligation. Although tubal reversal is a surgical procedure, there is no additional risk of multiple pregnancies, and repeat tubal reversals are not necessary for each additional desired pregnancy. Tubal patency is achieved in 80 percent of women, with pregnancy rates in excess of 70 percent.

What Is Outpatient Tubal Reversal?

Tubal reversal (tubal anastomosis) is a surgical procedure that restores the anatomy and function of fallopian tubes that have been previously ligated for sterilization. When tubal reversal is performed by an experienced reproductive endocrinologist such as at IVF New Jersey, tubal patency can be achieved in 80 percent of women, with pregnancy rates in excess of 70 percent. It is important that patients considering the tubal reversal option be specifically counseled regarding their individual likelihood of success. In vitro fertilization and egg donation may potentially be better options than tubal reversal in certain couples, particularly in women over forty years of age.

What Are the Advantages of Tubal Reversal Over IVF?

There are two distinct advantages of tubal reversal over IVF. Because no fertility drugs are used, the multiple pregnancy rate with tubal reversal is approximately 2 percent. The multiple pregnancy rate with in vitro fertilization is usually in excess of 25 percent. The second advantage of tubal reversal is that once the procedure is performed, a couple can try to have more than one child without having to repeat the tubal reversal at IVF New Jersey. With in vitro fertilization, multiple procedures are needed for each desired pregnancy.

How Is Tubal Reversal Performed?

The tubal reversal procedure is performed in a hospital operating room. A small "bikini cut" incision is made just above the pubic hairline. The segments of both left and right fallopian tubes are then reattached under microscopic view using extremely small suture material.

Patients then return home on the same day of the tubal reversal at IVF New Jersey. Because tubal reversal is done as an outpatient procedure, the cost of the surgery is significantly lower than when hospital admission is required. Tubal reversal is performed by IVF New Jersey physicians at both St. Peters Hospital and CentraState Hospital.

If you are interested in tubal reversal or our other surgical procedures, contact our fertility specialists in New Jersey today. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have.