Our Tubal Reversal Center is Unique
Dr. Berger is the only physician in the country with a practice that is specifically limited to tubal reversal surgery. That is the only procedure performed here with Dr. Berger performing four reversals each day, five days a week. We have a high staff/patient ratio with one or two nurses devoted specifically to your care while you are here. All of our nurses have advanced certification in cardiac life support (ACLS) and our anesthesiologists are MDs with board certification in anesthesiology. The anesthesiologists are employees here and not anesthesia staff from another hospital or anesthesia service. In other words, everyone at A Personal Choice has expertise in caring for tubal reversal patients and performing reversal surgery. While you are here, you will only be with other women and couples who are here specifically for the same purpose.
We Provide Accurate Tubal Reversal Statistics
We keep detailed data and statistics on each of our patients (such as age, tube length, medical history, tube of tubal ligation, pregnancy history). This is obtained by ongoing contact with our patients to ensure we have accurate information regarding their surgery and their outcome. Dr. Berger maintains and publishes data regarding pregnancy rates and pregnancy outcomes following tubal reversal surgery. We know of no other doctor or medical facility that does this.
On the Internet, claims about tubal reversal pregnancy rates are often made without supporting information or documentation – such as a description of the patient population, study method, and follow-up interval. Most Internet sites about tubal reversal do not provide any factual data at all. Any doctor may say that his patients have a particular success rate, but supporting the claim with actual data involves considerable effort. Performing a follow-up study such as this one requires keeping an accurate record of patients and their findings, as well as maintaining ongoing patient contact to determine the outcomes of treatment. That is the only way a doctor can actually know what the pregnancy and outcome statistics are for his patients. Without this detailed type of information, the accuracy of any claim of success rates should be questioned.
At A Personal Choice, nurses enter information into an electronic patient database at the patient’s registration, the surgical procedure, and from regular post-operative communications with our staff. If we have not heard from patients after their recovery from surgery, our nurses contact them at 6 and 12-month intervals. We know of no other doctor, hospital, or clinic that maintains such ongoing patient follow-up records after tubal reversal surgeries. I believe Dr. Berger’s commitment to providing accurate, up-to-date data is reflected in the fact that he requires this time-consuming but important procedure to be followed so that valid information can be obtained. Each year we publish the results of our follow-up study, reflecting surgical and pregnancy outcomes. This is the most comprehensive study done to date of tubal reversal surgery and its resulting outcomes, showing that for the majority of women who have undergone a tubal ligation procedure and decide later they would like to have more children, tubal reversal surgery is a better option than in vitro fertilization (IVF).
We Follow-up With Patients and Are Always Available
Another reason to choose Dr. Berger and A Personal Choice is the staff! We are available 24 hours a day/7 days a week to answer questions and concerns. Patients regularly express amazement at the level of care, compassion, and professionalism that they were shown before, during, and after surgery. Patients also like the fact that they receive follow-up calls on post-op day 1 and 3 and at 2 weeks, simply to see how they were doing and to have any questions answered. Our nurses follow-up with each patient again at 6 months and one year after surgery.
