title: Luminal suture thread as a guide for anastomosis: a new vasovasostomy technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To use a new vasovasostomy technique for reversal of vasectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical and academic research environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient who had undergone vasectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used 4/0 prolene as a guide during anastomosis for reversal of vasectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semen analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three months after the operation, the spermiogram showed the sperm count, the percentage of normal morphologic sperm, progressive motility, and vitality as 9 million/L, 70%, 33%, and 60%, respectively. Six months later, the spermiogram was repeated and the following results were obtained: the sperm count, the percentage of normal morphologic sperm, progressive motility, and vitality as 14 million/L, 65%, 40%, and 65%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This new technique is cost-effective, easy, cheap, and less time-consuming, and has a high success rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. mkilciler@yahoo.com <mkilciler@yahoo.com>
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilciler
authors.forename: Lutfu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tahmaz
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bedir
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Erten
authors.forename: Ahmet Fuat
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Peker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013537:Sutures; D014669:Vasovasostomy / Q000379:methods*