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Reversal of Vasectomy
Author(s) -
Jenkins I. L.,
Blacklock N. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1979.tb00138.x
Subject(s) - vasectomy , vasovasostomy , medicine , vasectomy reversal , male sterilization , family planning , sterilization (economics) , health services , population , gynecology , surgery , research methodology , environmental health , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
Vasovasostomy to reverse a previous vasectomy for sterilization was attempted for 27 men, the procedure being technically impossible in only one case. A testicular biopsy was performed at the time of operation and a number were investigated for cell‐mediated immunity to sperm and for the presence of circulating sperm‐agglutinating and cytotoxic antibodies. The first 17 cases have been studied and of these there have been 11 pregnancies, ten of which have already come to term with the birth of normal infants, including one set of twins. Of the rest, two are known to have oligozoospermia and four have been lost to follow‐up, although two of them were euspermic when last examined. In spite of these encouraging results, it is considered that there are no grounds for altering the present basis of vasectomy counseling which is that the operation is likely to be irreversible.