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.
