Traveling For Tubal Reversal Surgery

For those women and couples who are researching traveling for tubal reversal surgery this is one of the questions that arises most often:

How long will I have to stay in town?

The answer depends on whether the tubal reversal surgery is being performed as an outpatient procedure or in the hospital setting. If you are having the procedure performed in the hospital then your stay may be a few days to a week.

Many women are choosing to have their tubal reversal surgery performed on an outpatient basis. Not only is it less expensive it is safer. The reason it is safer is due to the fact that surgery time is less and less surgery time means less anesthesia is being used. Also, there is no risk of picking up a hospital infection.

The top outpatient tubal reversal surgery center is Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith are the top-notch tubal reversal surgeons located in the United States. Women travel from all over the world tin order to have Dr. Berger or Dr. Monteith perform their procedure.

When women go to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for tubal reversal surgery they are asked to arrive the day before for their presurgery consult. The day of surgery the procedure takes about an hour and within a couple of hours they are back at the hotel. The day following surgery a nurse from Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center will go to the hotel and check on them and then they are free to return home. The only time the staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center recommends a longer stay is if the woman travels from another continent, as this extended travel can be very taxing on the body.

The staff at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center will continue to follow-up on the woman for an extended amount of time. If there are any questions the woman is given a beeper number to the surgeon and can also call the office at anytime.

The website has a message board also that many of women stay in touch with the other women who have has surgery right around the same time they did. There is also a very informative blog and videos.