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Every year in the United States, approx 500,000 men undergo vasectomy as a form of permanent birth control. Although this may seem a large number, in the early 1970s, more than 700,000 men had the procedure annually (1). The vast majority of men choose vasectomy to limit the size of their families because when compared to a tubal ligation, it is an easier procedure and less expensive. A small fraction of this population will choose vasectomy while still single and before ever having children. Another subset will select vasectomy after marriage but before having children because the couple never intends to have children. It is estimated that as many as 3 to 5% of men who have had a vasectomy will later seek consultation to consider a vasectomy reversal for procreation. A few men will consider a vasectomy reversal to treat chronic postvasectomy pain.
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Fuchs, E.F., Paduch, D.A. (2005). Vasectomy Reversal. In: Patton, P.E., Battaglia, D.E. (eds) Office Andrology. Contemporary Endocrinology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-876-2_12
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