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Vasectomy - Risks

Alternative Names

Sterilization surgery – male; No-scalpel vasectomy; NSV

Risks:

There is no serious risk to vasectomy. Your semen will be tested in the months after the operation to make sure it does not contain sperm.

Very rarely, the vas deferens can grow back together again. If this happens, sperm can mix with semen. This would make it possible for you to make a woman pregnant.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/7/2009
  • Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Cook LA, Pun A, van Vliet H, Gallo MF, Lopez LM. Scalpel versus no-scalpel incision for vasectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Apr 18;(2):CD004112.

Dassow P, Bennett JM. Vasectomy: an update. Am Fam Physician. 2006 Dec 15;74(12):2069-74.

Peterson HB. Sterilization. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jan;111(1):189-203.

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