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For many years getting the 'belly button' surgery, or just 'tying the tubes' has been the gold standard for female tubal sterilization. And then there was a trend away from abdominal surgery with the Essure procedure which prevented cutting into the abdomen and thus became popular, and again, we've gone full circle to reconsider a very old procedure called salpingectomy for sterilization .  And the ACOG group is saying that taking out the tubes, but saving the ovaries may be one of the better ovarian cancer prevention strategies.  The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in 2003 said that gynos "should advise patients that the morbidity and mortality of tubal ligation, although low, is higher than that of vasectomy, and the success rates of both procedures are similar". But couples are three times more likely to have the gal cut her tubes than have his cut. And the stand up (or stand down, depending on how you relate to these procedures)...

A writer asked what is the chance of getting endometriosis after a tubal ligation if you have not had this before? Not that the post tubal ligation syndrome has ever been really validated, exactly, but there are issues to review. Some studies have reported that between 16-63% of the stumps of the tubes after traditional tying or burning tubal sterilization procedures will have spots of endometriosis. So as sterilizations evolve into the newer procedures, with the metal inserts, it may be seen that some women will have a risk of post tubal ligation syndrome if they have an Essure placed. It is very unlikely that either, tubal ligation or tubal blockage with the Essure of would increase the chance of endometriosis or endometrial implants that were not in the pelvis before the surgery. But before you get sterilized find out from you gyno, have you been assessed for risk of this syndrome? 1951 was first report of the post tubal ligation syndrome, and in the years since there are man...