A 15-year followup of a nonmicrosurgical technique for vasovasostomy.
A 15-year followup was summarized for patients who had nonmicrosurgical vasectomy reversal. Over-all pregnancy rates were 45 per cent (43 per cent for the first 8 years and 49 per cent for the next 7 years) and 73 per cent of the pregnancies occurred within 1 year after vasectomy reversal. Patients who achieved pregnancy compared to those who did not had significantly better sperm motility and a lower incidence of antisperm antibodies. The data indicate that nonmicrosurgical techniques can be used successfully to reverse vasectomy more economically and more rapidly than the microsurgical approach, while contributing to a reasonable pregnancy rate.
D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000601:surgery*