Did you think you were done with the diaper changing and the night feeding duties? Does your wife feel that she should have one more child? Did you bank your sperms after your vasectomy procedure? If not, vasectomy reversal may be the only option for you. However, before you consider the procedure, here are some vital pieces of information that you should know. To begin with, like all other surgical procedures; there is certainly no guarantee of success.
A host of factors come into play that can have direct bearing on the probability of success or possibility of failure in vasectomy reversal procedures. One of the primary constraints that often impacts the success ration of the procedure is the age of the patient when the original surgery wad conducted and the patients age at which he is considering a vasectomy reversal. The older the patient the lower will be the chances of success.
Another issue that is also an important factor is the time that has lapsed after the original vasectomy procedure. In cases where the original vasectomy is fairly recent in relation to the reversal surgery; the rate of success is quite high. However, if ten or more years have lapsed since the initial surgery; the rate of success deteriorates.
Another crucial factor is the quality of the original procedure. This is also a very important constraint that can impact the success rate of vasectomy reversal. The vas deferens has to be left with a clean cut in the original procedure to simplify the reversal surgery. However, if the surgeon who conducted the vasectomy was not skilled enough; you may have issues during the vasectomy reversal procedure because if the vas deferens are not cut clean; there are increased chances of scarring. This in turn can make reattachment difficult and may even cause future blockages.
Like all other surgical procedures the surgeon's skill and experience are also major contributing factors. The better the surgeon the higher will be the chances of success. Many clinics make it a point to provide information about the statistics of vasectomy reversal procedures conducted by them. And it is not unusual to see very high success rates of almost 75% to 97% patients. So as you can see there probability of sperm return and eventual pregnancy increases greatly if the doctor who performs the procedure is a skilled micro surgeon. It has been observed that 30% to 75% of the couples get pregnant after vasectomy reversal.
The surgery is not particularly complicated and often takes less than 2 hours to be completed. It is either performed under local anesthesia or general anesthesia; it is at the patient's discretion. You will be asked to follow specific after post surgery care instructions to ensure speed and proper healing.
Several tests will be conducted in due course to determine if the sperms have returned to the semen. Generally it takes two months to one year for sperms to be seen in the semen of a man who has had a vasectomy reversal procedure done. So couples can expect to get pregnant within a year to year and a half if everything goes well.
There are several health and lifestyle factors that can not only affect your ability to heal after surgery but which will also impact the success rate of the procedure. These factors include: smoking, drinking, general health issues and the age of the patient when the surgery is conducted. On an average 500,000 men opt for vasectomy as means of contraception each year and almost 5% of them choose to go for vasectomy reversal in future. So for every 500,000 men who go through the vasectomy surgery; there are 25,000 men who change their mind and consider vasectomy reversal.
Ideally, it is recommended that you consider sperm banking during the initial vasectomy procedure so that you don't have to go through surgery if you change your mind in future. This option also gives you a safety net in case the reversal procedure is not successful.
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