Sperm antibodies after vasectomy with fulguration.
Whether antisperm antibodies develop after vasectomy probably depends on several variables, 1 of which may be the surgical technique. The levels of serum antisperm antibodies were compared in men vasectomized by 1 techniques: vasoligation and fulguration. No difference in the incidence of spermagglutinating antibody was found in the 2 groups. However, immobilizing antibodies were observed in 43 per cent of the men undergoing vasoligation but in only 29 per cent of the men vasectomized by fulguration.
D000373:Agglutinins / Q000032:analysis; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*; D014649:Vas Deferens; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000379:methods*
D000373:Agglutinins; D001323:Autoantibodies