What are the risks associated with tubal ligation surgery?

Answer 1

1. • Bleeding from a skin incision or inside the abdomen.
   • Infection.
   • Damage to other organs inside the abdomen.
   • Side effects from anesthesia.
   • Ectopic pregnancy (an egg that becomes fertilized outside the uterus)
   • Incomplete closing of a fallopian tube that results in pregnancy.

Answer 2

Possible side effects include infection and bleeding. Rarely, death may occur as a complication of general anesthesia if a major blood vessel is cut. The Death Rate following tubal ligation is about four per 100,000 sterilizations.

Answer 3

"Any operation has risks. There are some risks to a tubal ligation, but there are also risks to a pregnancy and to birth control methods, so the reasons behind the tubal ligation have to be considered."

Answer 4

Infection, extended pains in hip and abdomen area, weakened bladder, blood vessels and other organs all are possible risks associated with tubal litigation.

Answer 5

The risks of tubal ligation in young women are regret and the desire for reversal.