Laparoscopic microsurgical tubal reanastomosis:: a preliminary study

Objective To determine the effect of laparoscopic reversal of tubal sterilization on pregnancy rate. Methods Eight patients who underwent laparoscopic tubal reversal between March 1999 and 31 December 2001 were evaluated. Results Four of eight patients who had had laparoscopic tubal reversal became pregnant. Three have delivered; pregnancy in the fourth woman is ongoing. To date, the other four patients are still not pregnant. Two of these four cases have tubal patency but have not achieved pregnancy; in the other two cases, the operation was unsuccessful and tubal patency did not occur. Conclusion In our preliminary study, the pregnancy rate was 50%.