Can a vasectomy be reversed?

Can a vasectomy be reversed?

Philip Werthman, FACS (Director, Center for Male Reproductive Medicine) gives expert video advice on: Can a vasectomy be reversed?; Do vasectomies sometimes fail to prevent pregnancy? and more...

Vasectomies can be very effectively reversed. In the hands of a trained micro-surgeon who has lots of experience, vasectomy reversal for men who still have sperm in the vas at the time of the reversal will have probably upwards of 90-95% -- and close to 98% in the top specialists – chance of having sperm come through the tubes again through a reversal. For men who have other blockages after they've had a vasectomy, and a little bypass procedure needs to be performed, it's about 60-70% chance that they'll have sperm coming through again.The overall chances of conceiving after having a vasectomy are upwards of 50%. So that's very good and it's really up from years ago, as the techniques and the skills of the surgeons have gotten better.