Tubal Reversal vs. Essure Reversal on tubal-reversal.net

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Tubal reversal and Essure reversal are two different procedures for two different prior sterilization methods. Tubal reversal reconnects fallopian tubes that were tied, clipped, or burned during a tubal ligation. Essure reversal (also called Essure removal) removes the Essure micro-insert coil device that was implanted into the fallopian tubes. On tubal-reversal.net, the two are covered under separate sections of the site, with their own pages for cost, risks, pregnancy statistics, and prepayment accounts. If you had a traditional tubal ligation, you want the tubal reversal information. If you had Essure coils implanted, you want the Essure reversal/removal information.

The core difference: what is being repaired

Tubal Reversal Essure Reversal / Removal
Prior procedure Tubal ligation (tubes tied, clipped, cut, or burned) Essure sterilization (micro-insert coil placed inside the tubes)
What the surgery does Reconnects the blocked or severed tube segments Removes the Essure micro-insert coil device and addresses the tube
Who it applies to Women who had a tubal ligation Women who had the Essure coil device implanted
Site section "Tubal Reversal" "Essure Reversal" and "Essure Removal"

The site describes the Essure device specifically as the "Essure Micro-Insert Coil Device," which is the object removed during an Essure reversal. This is a distinct device from the clips, rings, or burned tube segments handled in a standard tubal reversal.

How to tell which one applies to you

The deciding factor is your own sterilization history, not a preference between the two surgeries:

  • You had a tubal ligation — your tubes were tied, clipped, banded, or cauterized. You are looking at tubal reversal.
  • You had Essure coils implanted — a coil device was placed inside each fallopian tube. You are looking at Essure reversal/removal.

If you are unsure which procedure you had, that is the first thing to confirm before reading further, because the two have separate pages for risks, cost, and outcomes on the site.

What the site provides for each

Both procedures have parallel sets of pages, so you can compare like for like:

Tubal reversal pages include:

  • Tubal Reversal overview
  • Tubal Reversal Cost
  • Reversal vs IVF (and pregnancy outcomes)
  • Benefits and Risks of Reversal Surgery
  • Tubal Ligation Symptoms, Tubal Repair, Tubal Reversal Risks
  • Tubal Reversal Prepayment Account

Essure reversal pages include:

  • Essure Reversal and Essure Removal
  • Essure Sterilization and the Essure Micro-Insert Coil Device
  • Essure Reversal: Detail
  • Essure Reversal Pregnancy Statistics
  • Essure Reversal Risks
  • Essure Reversal Cost
  • Essure Reversal Prepayment Account

The site also publishes success-rate material (study methodology, patients by age and procedure, pregnancies by tubal length, births/miscarriages/ectopic pregnancies by age) and states it has performed over 19,000 successful tubal reversal procedures since 1997.

Practical next steps

  1. Identify your prior sterilization method (tubal ligation vs. Essure coils).
  2. Go to the matching section of the site — "Tubal Reversal" or "Essure Reversal."
  3. Read that section's cost, risks, and pregnancy-statistics pages together, since they are written as a set.
  4. Use the site's "Sending Records" and "Free Consultation" / scheduling pages to have your history reviewed, since the correct procedure depends on your individual records.

The site lists a free consultation and a phone number (919) 977-5050, plus a "Sending Records" step, as the entry points for determining which surgery fits your case.