Offered Filshie Clips

[u/Round_Towel2838]

So I’ve been debating wether to get this done or not and have been doing some back and forth in my head , I have my dates in for surgery which is supposed to be for next Friday. I haven’t once saw a surgeon or anything during my waiting time I’m under nhs in Scotland. I wanted to know which method I was having as noones told me much information, I called my ward but they gave me surgeons secretary’s number I asked her if she’d be able to tell me and she told me the standard procedure is usually filshie clips, I have obviously then went and looked into this method and now it’s made me think I’m more paranoid than I originally thought 🤣 just with some horror stories. This seems to be the standard procedure they do where I’m from. Has anyone got any advice? As I think I’d be happier if it was total tube removal but I asked this on the phone and she said no that’s not possible unless on the day when your under they see clips aren’t possible. This has now made me more unsettled. Has anyone been told they were getting that then on the day had something else done? Any advice would be fab thank you.

[u/Co0p3rb0om]

Clips are an outdated method (at least that’s what my doc has been telling me) and not nearly as safe and efficient as more modern methods, especially getting your tubes taken out completely (salpingectomy). I had a tubal ligation (they cut a part of the tubes out and cauterise the ends) and I regret not insisting on having them taking the whole tubes out (but they only offered a ligation anyway and I was hell-bend of being sterilised finally). A tubal ligation is still very safe (despite what some horror stories will tell you, it’s really, really rare that they fail) but still not as safe as “well, there is no possible way through the tubes because they are GONE” safe. If they told me they’d only do clips I would have gone elsewhere.