Is tubal ligation good?

Tubal ligation is a common sterilization and contraceptive surgery. It has a good contraceptive effect. Once you have had a ligation, you will basically not get pregnant again. If you want to get pregnant, you can unblock the fallopian tubes to prepare for pregnancy. Many women wonder whether tubal ligation is good for the human body and worry about side effects after the ligation. Is tubal ligation good? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Is tubal ligation good?

Tubal ligation has both advantages and disadvantages to the human body. You need to have a physical examination before undergoing the ligation surgery.

2. Harms of female sterilization

1. Increase the risk of gynecological diseases

Some statistics indicate that the chances of needing a hysterectomy due to gynecological problems after a sterilization surgery are higher than for the general population. In addition, women may experience increased menstrual bleeding, irregular bleeding during menstruation, sexual problems, emotional instability, aggravated premenstrual syndrome, etc. after sterilization surgery.

2. Discomfort during surgery

The most common adverse reactions during the operation include nausea, vomiting, pain, and low back pain and swelling. Due to insufficient analgesia and the patient's fear and tension, local pain is caused during the abdominal insertion; pain caused by manipulation or instrument reduction in the retroverted uterus; soreness and pain in the waist when lifting the fallopian tube with a hook or an oval clamp; nausea and vomiting caused by inadvertent stimulation of the ovaries; upper abdominal pain or nausea and vomiting caused by traction and stimulation of the greater omentum and mesentery; a small number of patients' lack of cooperation or poor coordination, or difficulty in finding and lifting the tube due to excessive obesity, resulting in repeated searches that increase the patient's psychological burden, causing or aggravating local pain and other discomfort.

3. Incision infection

The incision for female sterilization surgery is much larger than that for male sterilization, so the risk of incision infection also comes with it. Some women lack the concept of sterility, put their fingers into the dressing to scratch, have poor personal hygiene concepts, and accidentally contaminate the wound dressing with sweat, urine, milk stains, etc., which can easily lead to incision infection.

4. Causes irregular menstruation

Many women have normal menstruation before having tubal ligation. However, after tubal ligation, menstrual cycle disorders, excessive or insufficient menstrual flow, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, and oligomenorrhea may occur. This is called "menstrual disorder after tubal ligation."

3. Which women cannot undergo sterilization surgery?

1. Do not do it if you have abdominal skin infection or genital infection.

2. The patient is too weak to tolerate the operation, such as women with postpartum hemorrhage, shock, heart failure, etc.

3. Those whose body temperature is above 37.5 degrees twice within 24 hours cannot take the test.

4. Women should not do this during pregnancy.

5. Surgery should be postponed for patients with severe mental illness.