What You Need To Know About Sterilization Reversal

By Margaret Turner


The word sterilization may be used to give different meaning and information. For instance, in business, it refers to a step or measure that is taken by central banks in order to reduce cash flows and liquid cash transaction so as to eliminate inflation. On the other hand, it may be used to mean killing and destroying microorganisms and pathogens that can be found in surgical and other devices that come into contact with blood. In this context, sterilization reversal is a procedure undertaken in order to make an individual able to reproduce again.

Sterilization in reproduction concept is the act of rendering a person unable to sexually reproduce. In men, they may include methods like salpingectomy, vasectomy, and castration. For females, the methods include tubal litigation, hysteroscopy as well as other laparoscopic methods in the female reproductive organs. Meanwhile, not all methods are reversible. For instance castration.

While reversing such sterilization procedures, you need to make certain considerations. Such considerations are such as the reason for redoing the procedure. Normally, reversal is prompted by the need to have other children due to unexpected death, lameness, sickness or a child get physically handicapped. As a result, you may decide to get another child.

However, there is the need for extensive consultation from your doctor. Such consultations are aimed at getting all important medical facts concerning your condition. Your physician would seek to know the period you have been in your sterile state and the method that was used for sterilization. Your doctor will also perform a medical and a physical exam that may involve imaging such as x-rays and ultrasound. In men, sperm count tests for semen would be necessary to know the course of action to take.

The process is conducted with a patient having put under general anesthesia which makes him or her not to feel pain as well as relax. In most cases, it is added sedatives to make one sleep as a way of eliminating process interruptions. Examination of procedure success is carried out. If it is proved to work, the doctor will make laparoscopic cuts on the abdomen for women and remove tying bands and clips on the oviducts.

For women, it affects the abdomen and is classified as a major surgery. In fact, it is more complicated than the initial tying. That means you will have to undergo bed rest for more hours and recovery may take a considerably longer period. Mostly a painkiller or reliever dose is prescribed to you. The recovery period may be up to two or three weeks.

In men, it means epididymis tube reconnection which was interrupted by vasectomy. Mostly, one will be subjected to anesthesia so as to have no interruptions. However, it can be done without any sedation. It takes around one to three hours to reconnect where time spent is determined by complexities in general anatomical issues, surgeon expertise and the intensity of the procedure.

Once the reversal has been performed, it is possible to reproduce again. A woman can conceive since the eggs can be released and the sperms can swim to the fallopian tube. In men, sperms are able to mix with semen and can now swim in the reproductive organs of a female.




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