Vasectomy Reversal
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 121 (5), 547-550
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)56873-1
Abstract
A 33% pregnancy rate is reported in 78 women over 2 yr whose husbands underwent microsurgical vasovasotomies after vasectomies. Microsurgical techniques, anatomical landmarks and physiological considerations of both vasovasotomy and vasectomy are reviewed. A marked discrepancy is found between the number of patients with seminal sperm and pregnancy rates following vasectomy reversal, possibly due to sperm-agglutinating or immobilizing autoantibodies.Keywords
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