title: Laparoscopic microsurgical tubal reanastomosis: a preliminary study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of laparoscopic reversal of tubal sterilization on pregnancy rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight patients who underwent laparoscopic tubal reversal between March 1999 and 31 December 2001 were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four of eight patients who had had laparoscopic tubal reversal became pregnant. Three have delivered; pregnancy in the fourth woman is ongoing. To date, the other four patients are still not pregnant. Two ofthese four cases have tubal patency but have not achieved pregnancy; in the other two cases, the operation was unsuccessful and tubal patency did not occur.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our preliminary study, the pregnancy rate was 50%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cukurova, Balcali, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Turan
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: S Cansun
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Toksöz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kadayifçi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate / Q000639:trends*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey