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About Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center

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 we perform 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 MD’s with board certification in anesthesia. The anesthesiologists are employees here and not anesthesia staff from another hospital or anesthesia service. So everyone here has expertise in caring for 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 keep very detailed data and statistics on each of our patients (age, tube length, medical history, tube of tubal ligation, pregnancy history, etc.). This is obtained by daily contact with our patients to ensure we have accurate information regarding their surgery and their outcome. To the best of my knowledge, Dr. Berger is the only doctor with published data regarding outcomes following reversal surgery. 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 Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, 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).

As someone who was a patient here before becoming an employee 12 years ago, I can tell you that one of the most important assets to coming here is the staff! They are available 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week to answer questions and concerns. The level of care, compassion, and professionalism that are shown before, during, and after surgery are amazing. Another important benefit to choosing Dr. Berger as your tubal reversal doctor are the follow-up calls on post-op day 1 and 3 and at 2 weeks — just to see how you are doing and to answer questions.

I hope this information is helpful. If I can answer other questions or assist you in any way, please let me know. If you would like to forward the records from your tubal ligation to us, Dr. Berger will review the reports at no cost and can offer an interpretation. Fortunately, Dr. Berger is able to repair the tubes in 98% of cases, including those where the tubes have been cut and burned.

Julia Smith, RN
Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center

Women From The UK Travel To Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for Tubal Reversal Surgery

Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is dedicated exclusively to performing tubal reversal surgery. Our Medical Director - Dr. Gary Berger - is widely recognized as the tubal reversal doctor with the most experience with this procedure. These are two of the many reasons why women come from all over the US and abroad to have Dr. Berger perform their tubal ligation reversals.

This is topic Anyone from the uk? in forum Age and Tubal Reversal at Tubal Reversal Message Board.To visit this topic, use this URL:
http://www.tubal-reversal.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/4/720.html

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Posted by kazra  June 25, 2007 01:52 PM:
Hi, am 38 yrs old and from the uk,found this site while looking for places to get a reversal.Everything i’ve read seems really positive.I’m filling in the medical release form for the hospital and just wondered if the social security number that it asks for is our NHS medical card number? karen xx

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Posted by Sally, RN June 25, 2007 02:20 PM:
Karen–I am glad you are considering Chapel Hill for your Tubal Reversal. We have had many patients from the UK and would welcome you. Let us know if we can help in any way. I believe the NHS card number would identify your chart for release of information.
Sally, RN
CHSC

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Posted by Eric’sGirl June 25, 2007 11:06 PM: 
Kazra - go to the thread “The Waiting Room - Part 5″ and ask that question to Deb… she is from the UK!!! She will be able to help you through… she is scheduled for TR in October 2007. Chrissy

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Posted by sarah holbrook June 26, 2007 07:18 AM: 
Hi Kazra,
i am also from the UK your social security number is your national insurance number,but you will need your NHS number to get info on your medical backgroud, i went to my gp who emailed my info to me you could try that.
lol Sarah

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Posted by Emmie June 26, 2007 08:53 AM: 
Hi Kazra,
I am from the UK and had my TR in January gone by.
As Sarah said you will need your NHS number which your GP surgery will help you with for details. If you have any questions just ask and we will help as much as we can. Debs keeps on asking and we have never got stuck yet. Good luck on your decision.

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Posted by kazra June 26, 2007 09:23 AM: 
thanks everyone for your replies. I’ve spoke to a lady in the med records dept at the hospital that i had the surgery done and she said to just post the med release form filled in to them and they will send my records off to Dr Berger. I hope i put the right number on the form, i put my NHS medical number on it. I could always phone chapel hill with my national insurance number if they need it. I’m feeling quite positive about things now, I’ve had a go at IVF and i got pregnant but miscarried at 7wks, then had 4 frozen embryo replacements all of which came out negative. I’m hoping that TR will be the answer, me and my partner want a baby together so much. Karen xx

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Posted by winnie the pooh 61  
Hi karen
first welcome to the board..
If you dont mind me asking! what part of the UK are you from?
i’m from the UK to and scheduled for TR on the 1st oct 07..just like chrissy said..
yes i needed my NHS number which i got from my GP surgery..if you need any more info then feel free to ask..there is quite abit of form filling once TR is scheduled but we are all here to help..
Emmie & the other ladies helped me and i still call on them for info,one of the main things is the 5hr time difference from the UK to NC..when makeing calls etc.. if you need me i spend most of my time in the waiting room part5..or the over 40s theard, good luck to you..
Debs x