subject: What's The Real Vasectomy Reversal Statistics [print this page] Has your wife changed her mind about having any more children? Are you remarried and want to start a family? Have you lost a child and want another. Did you bank any sperm when you had your original vasectomy? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then you need to understand some vasectomy reversal statistics before going down the road of another surgery. As with any surgery, there are no guarantees of success.
There are a number of factors that affect the probability of success in vasectomy reversal statistics. The age of the patient at the time of the original surgery and the reversal have a major effect on the probabilities of success. The older the patient at the reversal results in lower chances of success. How recent the original vasectomy was in relation to the reversal procedure increases the success rate in vasectomy reversal statistics. The quality of the original vasectomy is very important to the success rate of subsequent reversal procedures. If the original surgery did not leave the vas deferens tube with clean cuts the reattachment will be more difficult and can cause more scarring that increases the risk of future blockage.
Probably the greatest factor in what increases the success rate in vasectomy reversal statistics is the ability of your micro surgeon. The better the surgeon the higher the rate of success. Some of the vasectomy reversal statistics you will hear quoted are that microsurgery results in the return of sperm in seventy five (75%) to ninety seven (97%) percent of patients. Women can then expect pregnancy in thirty (30%) to seventy five (75%) percent with their reversed spouses.
In general, sperm returns within two months to a year after a reversal procedure and the average couple gets pregnant within eighteen months of the procedure if all goes well. There are many health factors including drinking, smoking and general health issues that can affect fertility in either party. An average of over five hundred thousand (500,000) men undergo the vasectomy procedure each year. Vasectomy reversal statistics show that an average of five (5%) of these will want to reverse the procedure. So for every Five hundred thousand vasectomies, there will be twenty five thousand reversal procedures.
By using vasectomy reversal alternatives like sperm banking you can avoid the dangers of surgery while still having the option of being the father of your own child as long as your spouse is up for artificial insemination.
