How safe is the result after a vasectomy? | Vasectomy – The sterilization of the man

How safe is the result after a vasectomy?

The probability that fertility is still present after a vasectomy is between 0.1 and 0.15%. Immediately after the procedure, other methods of contraception cannot be abandoned because the sperm remain in the spermatic cord for weeks or months. Only after several weeks and repeated proof that there are no more sperm in the ejaculate can other contraceptive methods be dispensed with.

Fertility after vasectomy

Fertility of the man is prevented by the process of vasectomy. Men are considered infertile with a success rate of more than 99% of cases after a few weeks after the procedure.Under certain circumstances, fertility can be restored by reversing the severing of the vas deferens. However, this is no guarantee that the man is capable of bearing children again.

Under certain circumstances, for example in cancer patients who wish to have children, sperm samples can be frozen before the vasectomy. This enables the woman to be fertilized with the man’s sperm even after the spermatic ducts have been separated. Sperm consists of several components.

The sperm and secretion are normally the main components. Sperm is still produced after a vasectomy, but the sperm are missing as components. The secretion is produced by gonads and released via the urethra.

The urethra is also where the vas deferens opens, which adds the sperm to the semen. If the vas deferens is severed after a vasectomy, the sperm can no longer enter the urethra and only the secretion is introduced there. In the case of ejaculation, fertilization can usually no longer take place due to the released secretion.

A vasectomy does not affect testosterone production. This is because a vasectomy only cuts the spermatic cord, so that the sperm no longer reach the ejaculate. Thus testosterone and sperm continue to be produced in the testicles. The sperm remaining in the testicles are then broken down by the body itself. However, the theory is being discussed that because the sperm remain in the epididymis for a longer period of time after vasectomy, testosterone production is no longer stimulated as strongly and thus the testosterone level after a vasectomy is not as high as before.