Ironwood Urology’s Blog

It’s no surprise that several people change their minds about getting a vasectomy. After a change of heart, patients who have had a vasectomy.

Did you know a vasectomy can be reversed? Vasectomy reversal surgery or a vasovasostomy is an outpatient surgical procedure performed to reverse a vasectomy.

A birth control solution for men, a vasectomy is performed by surgically cutting or blocking the tubes (vas deferens) that carry sperm from the testicles to the penis.

A vasectomy is a form of contraception in which a urologist snips the male’s vas deferens, the pathway sperm use to travel from the testes out through the penis during ejaculation.

Vasectomy is a form of permanent birth control that involves a male undergoing surgery to block the vas deferens – the tubes in the scrotum that relay sperm – for which the procedure is named. Because many men don’t know what to expect before, during, and after a vasectomy, learning the facts will lead to a better decision-making process.