The surgeon also may insert an instrument for closing the tubes, usually through a second small opening. Sometimes only one incision and one instrument are used. The procedure can be performed in outpatient surgical clinics. It takes 20 to 30 minutes. Very little scarring occurs.
Women often go home the same day.
They may have sexual intercourse as soon as they feel comfortable about it. Injury to the bowel or bleeding inside the abdomen occurs in five out of 1,000 cases. Major surgery may be required to resolve such complications. It is often performed after childbirth. No gas or visualizing instrument is used in mini-laparotomy.