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Re: Dr William McIntosh - Question regarding your response to tubal question From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net) Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:39:01 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "uterous anonymous@obgyn.net" Previous message: Michele: "[Birth Control] Wondering if it's ovulatin" In reply to: Ann: "Dr William McIntosh - Question regarding your response to tubal question" At Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Ann wrote: > >Dr. McIntosh >Someone posted a question asking whether she was more prone to an >ectopic pregnancy since she had a tubal. What is a tubal? Is it the >same as a laparscopy or hysterscopy? > >Thank you. That would be a tubal ligation, which can be performed either as an open case, or, far more commonly, as a laparoscopic case. There are hysteroscopic proceedures described, but I don't know of anyone actually doing them that way. Tubal ligation does not leave you more prone to ectopic, it actually reduces the incidence of ectopic manyfold. However, in those very, very few pregnancies that do occur after tubal ligation, about 50% of them will be ectopic, which is a higher percentage of the overall number of pregnancies than the 1-3% of non-sterilized women. -- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional. Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "uterous anonymous@obgyn.net" Previous message: Michele: "[Birth Control] Wondering if it's ovulatin" In reply to: Ann: "Dr William McIntosh - Question regarding your response to tubal question"

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