Reduction in Tubal Surgery Fees – Julia Smith, RN, Nurse Administrator at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, today announced company plans to address the impact of the economic downturn on healthcare costs. Plans include a significant reduction in tubal surgery fees over the next two months to allow couples to move forward with tubal reversal procedures with less financial and emotional stress.

Choosing the Best Doctor for Untying Your Tubes – One of the factors to consider in choosing the best doctor for untying your tubes is information about patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction messages and patient testimonials are posted on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center web site, as well as a message board where patients comment frequently about their experiences with the doctors they have chosen for untying their tubes.

Chapel Hill Surgeon Completes First Tubal Reversal Fellowship – Dr. Charles Monteith completes the first tubal reversal fellowship offered at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. Dr. Gary Berger presents the certificate of completion in a private ceremony at the Chapel Hill center.

New Tubal Reversal Specialist Joins Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center – Dr. Gary S. Berger, medical director and world-renowned tubal reversal surgeon, welcomes Dr. Charles W. Monteith to the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center surgical team. Dr. Monteith is the first tubal reversal surgeon to join the practice since the initial tubal reversal microsurgery performed by Dr. Berger in 1982.

Dr. Charles Monteith to Join Staff at Tubal Reversal Center – Dr. Gary Berger of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center announced that Dr. Charles Monteith will join the practice effective July 2008. “I look forward to a successful career in tubal reversal surgery,” said Monteith. ”It is with special gratitude that I thank Dr. Berger and the staff at the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for accepting me with open arms and training me in both the science and art of tubal ligation reversal.”

Defining Hope At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center – At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, Dr. Gary Berger understands that hope is not just a word to the thousands of women who come to his center each year. Hope is what they find in him, a reproductive surgeon and tubal reversal expert that leads the way in tubal reversal field.

Tubal Reversal FAQs – Nearly 500,00 women undergo tubal ligation surgery in the United States every year. Of those women, as many as one-fourth will change their mind and desire more children after tubal ligation sterilization, leading to questions about the possibility of tubal reversal surgery.

How do I choose a tubal reversal doctor? Considering the number of choices, it is one of the most important questions to consider before a woman moves forward with planning her tubal reversal procedure. Training, experience, availability, and patient support can vary greatly between doctors and facilities.

Is Tubal Ligation Permanent? Despite the common belief that tubal ligation is permanent, it can be reversed in almost all cases. This is fortunate for women who want another chance to have a baby after having their tubes tied. Tubal reversal is more successful, less complicated, and less expensive than the alternative treatment of in vitro fertilization.

Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) Counseling before having a tubal ligation rarely, if ever, includes the possibility of the menstrual and other symptoms encompassed by the term “post tubal ligation syndrome”. When women develop problems after having their tubes tied, they are frequently assured that their symptoms have nothing to do with the tubal ligation procedure. The purpose of this article is to promote awareness of PTLS and the possibility that tubal reparative surgery may remedy the problem.

Press Release – New Tubal Reversal Doctor Dr. Charles Monteith has begun a 6 month fellowship program in tubal reversal surgery at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. Upon completing this program he will have participated in over 100 tubal reversal procedures and will become certified as a tubal reversal surgeon.

Press Release – September 2007 – Chapel Hill, North Carolina physician dedicates practice to restoring fertility in women who have undergone previous tubal ligation surgery.

Tubal Reversal Pregnancy Study Report 2007. The largest study of tubal reversal pregnancies and outcomes ever performed is a prospective cohort study of 3,139 patients at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.

Press Release – Tubal Reversal Study 2005. Comprehensive report presents data and statistics regarding pregnancies and their outcomes among 2692 women who had their tubal reversals performed by Dr. Berger between 2001 and 2004. This is the largest and most definitive study in existence on the outcome of tubal reversal surgery.

Press Release – Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center Releases 500th Baby Testimonial. Patient reports second pregnancy following tubal ligation reversal surgery by Dr. Gary S. Berger.

Dr Berger’s Article About Tubal Reversal In The Health And Medicine Section Of Squidoo.com – One of the recent additions to the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center Website is this link to Dr Berger’s article about Tubal Reversal in the Health and Medicine Section of Squidoo.com. This is an important article for anyone who wants to learn more about outpatient tubal ligation reversal.

The Operation – Discovery Channel production featuring the outpatient surgical techniques of Gary S. Berger, M.D. – a pioneer in tubal ligation reversal surgery. Originally aired as part of the series, “The Operation”, the film has also been featured on “The CBS Early Morning Show”. “The Operation” provides detailed information and live footage as Dr. Berger restores fertility after tubal ligation through a comfortable and affordable one-hour outpatient procedure. Available free as a videotape or DVD.

Tubal Ligation Reversal on Blogspot – Daily news and blog about tubal reversal, the outpatient surgery that restores fertility allowing women to become pregnant and have more babies after a tubal ligation.

Conceive Magazine – It seemed like a good idea at the time…but if you have been surgically sterilized and you’d now like to be pregnant again, here’s what you need to know. Conceive Magazine article, “Changing Your Mind” features Gary S. Berger, M.D. and Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.

M.D. News Magazine– The article, “Outpatient Tubal Ligation Reversal – Fertility Restored Through One Hour Outpatient Surgery” features Gary S. Berger, M.D., Medical Director of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center.

The Couple’s Guide to Fertility – Dr. Gary S. Berger and Dr. Marc Goldstein —specialists in male and female reproductive treatment — thoroughly examine the causes of infertility, the tests you may undergo, and the state-of-the-art treatments that can help you to have a baby, including tubal reversal surgery. The book is now in its third edition.

Tubal Reversal – Our Journeys – A collection of true stories from women who have undergone tubal reversal surgery that brings alive what the journey is really like through the eyes of those who have lived it.