Recovery of fertility after removal of polyurethane plugs from the human vas deferens occluded for up to 5 years.
The present study reports the outcome of operations to remove MPU plugs from 130 men who had had occlusions of the vas deferens for between 0.5 and 5 years. The female partners of all the men achieved a pregnancy over a period of 0.5-4 years after the reversal operation.
Zhao
S C
SC
Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Shanxi Fertility Regulation Technique Centre, Taiyuan, People's Republic of China.
Lian
Y H
YH
Yu
R C
RC
Zhang
S P
SP
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011140:Polyurethanes; D011247:Pregnancy; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013243:Sterilization Reversal; D013997:Time Factors; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000601:surgery*
D011140:Polyurethanes