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OB/GYN: Roy Pitkin, M.D.

Is it possible to be pregnant if you have had a tubal ligation?

By Roy Pitkin, M.D.

Yes, no means of sterilization is 100% effective. Failure rates vary with the type of operation done but overall the average failure rate is about one in 200 operations.

Roy Pitkin, M.D.

OB/GYN

Roy Pitkin, M.D., is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and is the former chair of the ob/gyn department at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. He is a frequent advisor to national health agencies on women's health issues and has received numerous international honors for this work.

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