A/Prof Cooper is one of the few surgeons within Australia who can successfully perform tubal reversal via laparoscopy as a day only procedure.
His published results are comparable to traditional results via open surgery. He is an acknowledged expert in advanced laparoscopic surgery and has been an invited speaker and demonstrating surgeon on tubal reversal throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
The laparoscopic technique uses magnification and allows a day only procedure with much less pain, discomfort, disfigurement and adhesion formation than the traditional open method. The scars are almost identical to the original procedure when the sterilisation was performed.
The major factor for success relates to the quality of a woman’s eggs and hence her age. Other factors to consider include the type of reversal (clips being the easiest to reverse, whilst “cutting and tying” are more difficult), previous surgery, other gynaecological conditions and semen quality. These should be discussed with A/Prof Cooper prior to surgery. In those patients older than 40 reversal is likely to be more cost effective and efficient than IVF. (Petrucco Research Paper)
The alternative procedure is IVF. (Sydney IVF)
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