Ironwood Urology’s Blog

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.

Deciding whether or not to get a vasectomy is a personal and challenging decision, but so is re-evaluating whether you want your or your husband’s vasectomy reversed. You might have decided early on that having children was not in your future, but what you may have decided was a permanent solution to your family planning may have evolved. Here are a few things to consider if you are considering, or you want to talk to your husband about, vasectomy reversal.