Tubectomy / Tubal Sterilization / Female Sterilization

Complications

Complications due to anesthesia and surgery can occur during tubal sterilization

One must remember that rarely women have become pregnant after tubal ligation. It is estimated that about 1 in 200 women have had pregnancy after their tubes are ligated. This may be caused by an incomplete closure of the tubes.

Complications due to anesthesia are rare and include:

► Reactions to Anesthetic medications

► Breathing difficulties

Complications of surgery are rare, however these include -

► Bleeding

► Infection

► Damage to the bladder

► Puncture (perforation) of the uterus

► Laceration (tear) of the cervix.

► Perforation of the fallopian tube.

► Perforation of major vessels - laparoscopy

► Cardiac arrhythmias - due to CO2 - laparoscopy

► If pregnancy occurs after the procedure, there is an increased risk for an ectopic pregnancy in which the pregnancy develops in the fallopian tubes.