While the intent of a vasectomy is to produce a permanent condition of male sterility, there are two microsurgical procedures that have been successful at restoring the flow of sperm through the vas deferens. Our office does provide these vasectomy reversals.

The most common, called vasovasostomy, involves stitching the disconnected ends of the vas deferens back together with ultra-fine sutures. This procedure uses microsurgical methods involving a microscopic camera and very small tools.

The other reversal procedure, called vasoepididymostomy, is performed when inflammation or scarring from the original vasectomy blocks the epididymis – the tubular structure connecting the testes to the vas deferens. In this microsurgical procedure, the blockage is bypassed by surgically connecting the vas deferens directly to the epididymis in a new location.

Urology Associates of Connecticut does not provide vasectomy reversals to our patients.