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My husband had a vasectomy many years ago, how successful is reversal of sterilisation?

April 26, 2017ago husband reversal sterilisation successful vasectomy

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My husband had a vasectomy many years ago, how successful is reversal of sterilisation?

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Sperm reappears in the ejaculate in approximately 50% of cases of reversal of sterilisation/vasectomy. The alternative to reversal of vasectomy would be to retrieve sperm from the testicles and/or the tube transporting the sperm out of the testicle. This technique, pioneered by Ian Craft and his team, called PESA/TESA (Percutanous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration/TEsticular Sperm Aspiration) allows retrieved sperm to be used to fertilise your eggs by means of IntraCytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI).