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Sep 10th, 2007 - 18:59:21
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Question
My husband has had a vasectomy for 19 years. He is 45 and I am 28. We have talked about having children . He had a sponge testicle after having his vasectomy. Will that affect us having any children or him undergoing icsi? And just out of curiosity, what is the chances of having a baby after a vasectomy?
Thanks, Tracy
Answer
Tracy,
I do not know what a “sponge testicle” means, so I cannot address that question. Vasectomy reversal may be attempted on anyone…it is just that the chance of scarring (“blow-outs”) further upstream from the vasectomy reversal site in the delicate tubular epididymis increases with each passing year. I had one patient with a “zillion” sperm on both sides in spite of a vasectomy thirty years prior, and another with zero after only three years. There is a lot of individual variation.
I do not recommend any of the so called assisted reproductive technologies for spiritual reasons discussed in other parts of this website.
Gregory Polito, MD
Gregory Polito, MD, KM, is President of the California Association of Natural Family Planning.
Dr. Polito is a urologist in private practice with vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal) as a subspecialty.
He is a Member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, and Chair of Board Quality Committee at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, CA.
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