Tubal surgery for blocked fallopian tubes

With the invention of in vitro fertilization many years ago, some doctors are no longer performing tubal surgery on a regular basis. In fact, doctors are being trained and taught to do IVF but not getting information on how to do to tubal surgery. For women who have blocked fallopian tubes, this type of surgery can often be the only way that they can get pregnant. Because IVF is an expensive procedure that has a lower success rate than tubal surgery, women have a limit as to how many times they can attempt pregnancy with it.

However, tubal surgery provides a permanent fix for the problem of blocked fallopian tubes. This means that women can pay to have the surgery one time and continue to try to get pregnant each and every month. The cost of tubal surgery is considerably less than IVF also on average. Unless there are problems with scarring or adhesions after tubal surgery, women should continue to have open tubes and the ability to get pregnant.

This, of course, assumes that the woman and her doctor find the cause of her blockage and treat it so it will cause no further blockage. Since most often it is caused by a disease, and a sexually transmitted disease at that, taking care of the cause is usually done with a full antibiotic treatment.

Then, too, a woman needs to find a doctor who is experienced and knows what he is doing with regards to the surgical alternative. As training in this field is not a top priority these days, it is important to be selective in your choice.

If both of the fallopian tubes are blocked, the only way that a woman will get pregnant is either with IVF or tubal surgery. Finding a good doctor who understands and does tubal surgery on a regular basis is important because they can assess your particular situation to see if you would be a good candidate for the surgery.

For women who have blocked fallopian tubes, tubal surgery is a great option due to its relatively inexpensive price and its long-term potential to allow the woman to get pregnant. Blocked fallopian tubes do not always get symptoms, so if a woman is experiencing infertility for no known reason then she should see her doctor to have the situation assessed. The cause needs to be determined so that it can be treated appropriately and so there are no further episodes.