Talk:Tubal ligation

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This definitely glosses over the fact that it's much riskier than a vasectomy. Why?

[edit] What happens to the egg?

Not sure if this is the place to put this, but I'm just wondering where the egg goes after the tubal ligation is performed. I assume they are released into the abdomen and then somehow absorbed? -- Unsigned comment by User:Rjcarr at 05:10, 28 September 2006

Often, the tubes are clamped or sewn shut, so I guess the egg would be re-absorbed in the tube itself in these cases. Egg cells anyway have a limited lifetime, so after death (probably apoptosis and not necrosis?) they would just be treated like any other dead cell and re-absorbed by phagocytes, I guess. --Slashme 05:43, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

I saw a tv program where a woman who had this procedure had her egss constantly landing on her outer part of her uterus, then the egg "dried" and caused a very painful scarring, which had to be lasered off every time. Is this common? ----D.G.

[edit] Side Effects?

What, if any, side effects are there to this procedure? Nik42 04:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC) There are more risks and side effects to tubal ligations than there are to vasectomies.

Not sure there are any specific to proceedure. If the clips come off or divided fallopian tubes rejoin (more likely if poorly cauterised) then fertility may be regained, but I'm not sure this is a "side effect" vs just a "failure rate". The rate of failure is already listed in the infobox template. Of course laparoscopy or laparotomy themselves (rather than just the division of the fallopian tubes) have a number of possible side effects (infection, abdominal dicomfort etc) but these are best listed in the relevant operation articles, rather than duplicated here in Tubal ligation. David Ruben ^Talk 14:24, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Age and Recovery...

Just wondering how often tubal ligations are performed in patients in thier early 20's...Also how long of a recovery time for this procedure?

It's rare that the procedure is done on women under 25 unless they've had children already. Medicaid recipients (or those using the Take Charge program at Planned Parenthood) must be 21, as federal law prohibits the use of federal funding to sterilize anyone under 21 regardless of gender or number of children. Beyond that it is at the discretion of the physician. Many refuse to do the procedure on childless women, others have an age requirement or an age times number of children formula. Scarletwoman93 03:05, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the information!