Where do the eggs go after a fallopian tube ligation?

When a woman no longer wants to have children but is worried about getting pregnant, she will choose to have a sterilization to prevent herself from getting pregnant. This is a once-and-for-all solution. However, many women expressed confusion. Although the egg will no longer combine with sperm after ligation, the body will still discharge the egg. So the question is, where do the eggs of women who have had their fallopian tubes tied go?

Where do the eggs go after ligation?

After the ligation the egg was absorbed by the tissue.

After a woman has her fallopian tubes tied, her ovaries will continue to ovulate as usual every month. The eggs are so small that they must be magnified with a microscope to be seen. After the ovary releases the egg into the abdominal cavity, if the egg does not have the opportunity to be fertilized, it will die within two or three days and dissolve and be absorbed by the tissue. For women who have not had their fallopian tubes tied, if the egg does not meet the sperm and is not fertilized, it will also be dissolved and absorbed in this way. This is a normal tissue function and does not cause any harm or impact on the body. So, after ligation, the egg is absorbed by the tissue.

Methods of female sterilization

Traditional tubal ligation: This is a surgical procedure that involves ligation of the fallopian tubes. The incision is only two to three centimeters, and the fallopian tubes are tied and cut with surgical sutures. The advantages are that it is simple, effective, requires small incisions, causes little tissue damage, and can usually be performed under only half-body anesthesia or even local anesthesia.

There is no need for hospitalization after the operation and the cost is relatively low. The timing of the surgery is usually the day after a natural birth, because the uterus has not yet retracted after delivery and the fallopian tubes are located close to the sides of the navel. Therefore, the surgery can be performed in the depression of the navel skin, so that the postoperative wound is less obvious.

Of course, ligation can also be performed at normal times, but at this time the position of the fallopian tube has returned to the pelvic cavity, and the ligation wound will be more obvious. As for ligation during caesarean section, it is also common in clinical practice. This type of surgery does not cause any increase in scars.

Vaginal tubal ligation: The advantage of this surgery is that it leaves no scars on the belly. The operation is performed under partial anesthesia and no hospitalization is required after the operation. However, the operation is difficult and has a high chance of bleeding, infection and complications. It is also not suitable for postpartum surgery, so few people use it.

Medical sterilization: Medical sterilization does not require surgery. It is a method of injecting chemical drugs into the fallopian tube through the vagina and the uterine cavity to block the fallopian tube lumen and achieve the purpose of sterilization. Since the drugs currently used are corrosive and the blocking technique requires high standards, improper use of the technique may cause serious reactions. If one wants to get pregnant again for some reason, there is almost no chance of restoration of the blockage, so this technique has not yet been promoted.