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Post Tubal Syndrome - A syndrome or `urban legend'?

by Chicago Tribune Artical (Summary Only)

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A syndrome or `urban legend'?
Some blame tubal ligations for postsurgical woes

By Terri Yablonsky Stat
Special to the Tribune
Published July 7, 2004

Note: February 12, 2006

At the request of the author, this article has been removed.

To sum up the article, Dr. Joel Heller, who is the medical director of Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group's OB/GYN practice in Chicago stated that

1. Post-tubal syndrome "is an urban legend”
2. "No documentation supports (post tubal syndrome)”
3. “Anytime you operate, there's the possibility of post surgical pain from scar tissue and adhesions."
4. Tubal sterilization can't bring on menopause - unless a rare complication causes blood flow to the ovaries to decrease

The article also quoted Dr. Amy E. Pollack, obstetrician/gynecologist and president of EngenderHealth, a New York-based non-profit organization that provides information and training in family planning and maternal and child health.

To read the article in full, search the Chicago Tribune archives. - SJB



    

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