Tubal Reversal

Tubal reversal, also called tubal sterilization reversal, tubal ligation reversal, or microsurgical tubal reanastomosis, is a surgical procedure that can restore fertility to a woman after a tubal ligation, by rejoining the separated segments of the fallopian tube. In some cases the separated segments cannot be reattached directly, and the remaining segment must instead be reimplanted into the uterus, a procedure called tubal reimplantation. When the fimbria, the fringed end of the tube, has been removed, a procedure called neofimbrioplasty is used to recreate a functional end of the tube that can retrieve an egg released during ovulation.