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Article: Research eyes vasectomy impact on sperm production.
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- Contraceptive Technology Update
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Research eyes vasectomy impact on sperm production
While family planning clinicians counsel on the permanency of vasectomy, more men are seeking reversals of the sterilization method. In the United States, approximately 500,000 vasectomies are performed each year..sup.1 It is estimated that up to 6% of men who undergo voluntary sterilization eventually will request reversal..sup.2
Research from a small study indicates that men who have had a vasectomy, even if it has been reversed, produce less sperm and have poorer success rates when their partners have fertility treatments..sup.3
Men should consider having a vasectomy carefully, as it can be ...