Fertility Surgery Treatments
At Michigan Reproductive Medicine, our physicians may recommend and perform fertility surgeries primarily to correct anatomic defects that may be impairing your ability to conceive. By contrast, non-surgical fertility treatments use fertility drugs to treat infertility caused by biochemical abnormalities, e.g. hormone imbalances.
Could Fertility Surgery Help My Infertility?
Our physicians will help you determine whether non-surgical or surgical infertility treatments are best for your individual case. As always, getting a proper diagnosis should be your first step. The easiest way to accomplish this is to call MRM at (248) 593-6990 or click here to make an appointment. We will help you arrange a consultation with one of our fertility specialists, who can give you a comprehensive evaluation.
Which Conditions Require Surgery?
For women, some common situations where surgery is required include the removal of uterine fibroids, polyps, and congenital malformations of the uterus such as a septum, pelvic adhesions, and endometriosis tissue.
For men, surgical treatments include vasectomy reversal, varicocele repair, a procedure treating varicose veins in the scrotum, and surgical collection of sperm from the testicle if no sperm is present in the semen.
Michigan Reproductive Medicine offers a variety of innovative, advanced fertility surgeries to address your unique situation.
In-Office Hysteroscopy
Hysteroscopy is a surgical procedure used for looking within the uterine cavity (diagnostic hysteroscopy) and performing necessary sampling (biopsies) and corrections (operative hysteroscopy). It is not laparoscopy (laparoscopy uses abdominal incisions).
In office diagnostic hysteroscopy requires no anesthesia, and it takes about 15 minutes to view the cervical canal and uterine cavity with a narrow 3 mm flexible, fiberoptic tube. The view is as clear as looking underwater in a swimming pool through goggles.
Operative hysteroscopy may be performed in the office with mild sedation. It consists of gently dilating the canal of the cervix and inserting a narrow viewing straw-like instrument (hysteroscope) directly through the canal into the uterine cavity. Hysteroscopy allows for direct and clear visualization of the cavity and enables treatment of abnormalities such as polyps, fibroids, projections of the uterine wall, and certain defects of the uterine architecture such as the uterine septum.
In-Office Male Infertility Surgery
MESA, PESA or TESE procedures are available to address male infertility issues. The surgeon can remove sperm or testicular tissue to use in a fresh IVF procedure or to freeze for future IVF procedures. These procedures can be done with mild sedation in our office.
How Can I Find Out More Information on MRM’s Fertility Surgery Procedures?
Call us at (248) 593-6990 to speak to our specially-trained fertility consultants. They can give you further information about all the options we provide for fertility surgeries and schedule a consultation with Dr. Mersol-Barg or an affiliated surgical specialist. You may also click here to contact us.
