Women who undergo a tubal reversal surgery may find that they don't get pregnant shortly after the operation was initially carried out. If they don't conceive within this time, the surgeon who carried out the tubal ligation reversal might recommend that a HSG procedure is carried out on the woman. Having a hysterosalpingogram is one way the surgeon will then be able to test the tubes are open.
However, although this procedure is widely used today to test for open tubes following a tubal reversal, the woman needs to be aware that it doesn't always provide conclusive or accurate results. If a tubal spasm takes place, which is one possibility, then the dye used won't actually be able to reach the site where the woman's fallopian tubes were fixed.
This is a very simple procedure to be carried out, yet like all medical procedures, women need to be aware that there are some risks attached to it. The kinds of problems that women who undergo an HSG may suffer from following the procedure include spotting, fainting, a contrast material allergy or infections. If the woman begins spotting following the procedure which is possible, this should generally last only a couple of days and be very light. However, if the spotting is heavy and last more than 2 days then they should immediately seek out the doctor who carried out the procedure.
However, for any woman who will be undergoing HSG, there are certain things that they can do to reduce these risks to them. Below we offer some tips that they may find useful.
- The woman should ensure that the surgeon carrying out the procedure does so at a time following completion of her period and prior to her beginning to ovulate again. The only way they can do this is by keeping an eye on the woman's LH levels. If they don't, there is the possibility of a pregnancy in its early stages, which the woman is unaware of, being interrupted.
- Women who are going to be undergoing this procedure should ask the physician to prescribe some antibiotics like Doxycycline as a precaution. This will help to reduce the chances of an infection happening.
- To further help reduce the risk of an infection, it is wise for any woman who undergoes this procedure to use a betadine douche both the night before the procedure and as soon as she can after the procedure has been completed.
- Another thing that any woman who will be having an HSG after tubal reversal should do is to make sure that she takes some good over the counter pain killing medication. The type to consider is Motrin or extra strength Tylenol, both of which can help to reduce some of the discomfort that will be felt during the procedure. As some women experience severe pain when during the process of moving the dye around and spilling it into the fallopian tubes, this is highly suggested.
Above we have offered some tips that women who are going to have an HSG may find useful. But it is also important that they do everything their physician says as all these things will help to reduce the risks associated with this procedure. These tips may also help with the dye actually spilling into the fallopian tubes and providing the doctor with good results to determine if your tubes are open or not following a tubal reversal.
If you are concerned about open fallopian tubes following a
tubal reversal, rely on Dr. Gary Berger of http://www.tubal-reversal.net/ to do your surgery. As the leading tubal surgeon in the field, having him perform your surgery is better than having to fall back on a
HSG.
