Journal article
SHOULD ALL UROLOGISTS PERFORMING VASECTOMY REVERSALS BE ABLE TO PERFORM VASOEPIDIDYMOSTOMIES IF REQUIRED?
Abstract
PURPOSE: While vasectomy reversal is a highly successful procedure 10% to 30% of reversals may fail. Despite the general consensus that an epididymal obstruction may occur following a vasectomy and that some men should undergo vasoepididymostomy (VE) rather than vasovasostomy (VV), the practice of many urologists in our region has been to offer only VV for vasectomy reversal. We examined the potential causes for vasectomy reversal failure in …
Authors
CHAWLA A; O’BRIEN J; LISI M; ZINI A; JARVI K
Journal
Journal of Urology, Vol. 172, No. 3, pp. 1048–1050
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 2004
DOI
10.1097/01.ju.0000135118.43383.b1
ISSN
0021-0005