Sterilization – Ligation of fallopian tubes

Laparoscopy-Sterilization-Ligation of fallopian tubes

Surgical sterilization in women is one of the safest methods of contraception for women, even though it is not particularly widespread as a technique in Greece.
Indicatively, in the USA, 30% of women who use contraception have chosen this method.

It is a surgical technique, called ligation, in which we cut the fallopian tubes of the uterus in various ways. The most common and simple way is to place a clip in each fallopian tube.
Thus, there is no longer the possibility of communication between the uterus and the ovaries, and therefore also communication between the sperm and eggs, so conception becomes impossible.

With the evolution of laparoscopy, sterilization is done easily and quickly, in the day surgery under general anesthesia (hospitalization of a few hours), with an excellent aesthetic result (one hole in the umbilicus of 10 mm and a second one just above the pubic bone, of 5 mm if needed).

The advantages of this contraception are that it is done once in a woman’s life, it is highly effective, it avoids the use of hormones while the woman is freed from the constant stress of an unwanted pregnancy. Studies also show that women who have undergone tubal ligation have lower rates of ovarian cancer and pelvic inflammatory disease.
Among the disadvantages we could include the fact that it is a surgical procedure.

Also something that needs to be clarified is that this method of contraception is aimed at couples who consider that they have completed their family planning and having children is no longer in their plans, as in case they change their minds, the only way to reconnect the fallopian tubes is the other way around surgical procedure.