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Experience with Vasovasostomy: Operative Technique and Results
Author(s) -
JENKINS I. L.,
BLACKLOCK N. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1979.tb04243.x
Subject(s) - vasovasostomy , vasectomy , medicine , surgery , vasectomy reversal , male sterilization , family planning , anastomosis , population , research methodology , environmental health
SUMMARY— Between 1972 and 1977 vasovasostomy to reverse a previous vasectomy for contraception has been attempted in 27 cases. The procedure was abandoned as a technical impossibility in only 1 case. The first 17 have been studied and in these there have been 11 pregnancies, 10 of which have already come to term with the birth of normal children, including one set of twins. Of the remainder, 2 are known to have oligozoospermia and 4 have been lost to follow‐up although 2 of these were euspermic when last heard of. In spite of the encouraging results it is considered that there are no grounds for altering the present basis of vasectomy counselling in which the operation is described as likely to be irreversible.