When someone is considering a vasectomy reversal the question they always want answered is what is the vasectomy reversal success rate?, which is reasonable considering the cost and the emotional involvement of someone undergoing vasectomy reversal surgery.

Your vasectomy reversal success rate is dependent on a number of factors, with success being measured in relation to 2 factors. One, is sperm present in the ejaculate, and two, does pregnancy occur.

These days with advances in surgical technology the success rates are very good. These advances in technology and surgical procedures, allow many men the opportunity to have the surgery performed whereas in the past these men may have missed out because of the surgery being too complicated or in those cases where surgery could be performed, the vasectomy reversal success rate being very low.

Vasectomy reversal success rates also depend on wether you end up having the more routine version of the procedure, the vasovasostomy , or the more complicated procedure, the vasoepididymostomy.Wether you have one procedure or the other is often only discovered once surgery is underway. The procedure of choice is always the vasovasostomy.

With a vasovasostomy, the chances of vasectomy reversal success is very high, with sperm appearing in the semen of up to 97% of men and pregnancy occurring in over 50% of cases after the vasectomy reversal procedure.

The vasectomy reversal success rate for someone undergoing a vasoepididymostomy is less successful, with approximately 60-65% of men having sperm in their semen after surgery and pregnancy occurring in 20% of cases.

A number of other factors need to be considered when asking about the vasectomy reversal success rates.

The length of time that has passed since your vasectomy was performed plays a big part in the success, or not, of the procedure.

If your vasectomy was performed less than 3 years prior to your vasectomy reversal surgery, your vasectomy reversal success rate is very high, and represents the top end of the figures mentioned above.

The bottom end of the vasectomy reversal success rates, occur after 15 years has passed since your vasectomy surgery. After 15 years the chances of success diminish significantly.

As we have already discussed, the type of reversal procedure will influence your vasectomy reversal success rate. The success rate of the more routine vasovasostomy are 97%, with sperm being recorded and 75% of cases having pregnancy occurring.

Once again these figures are for the reversal being performed 3 years or less after the vasectomy was performed.

If the vasoepididymostomy  is perfomed, sperm presence drops to 50% and pregnancy rate drops to between 45-50%.

The general state of your reproductive system also needs to be taken into account when looking at the vasectomy reversal success rate, as does the type of vasectomy that is trying to be reversed.

Lastly the skill of the surgeon must be factored into the vasectomy reversal success rate. Not only the surgeon perfoming the reversal but also the skill of the surgeon who performed the vasectomy procedure in the first place.

Often times if the original vasectomy procedure was complicated it may affect your success rate today. Part of the problem with vasectomies performed over 15 years ago, is that the surgeons did not have access to the same technology that we do today.

As far as the surgeon performing the reversal procedure, they need to be experienced and skilled in the use of the most up to date micro surgical techniques and tools to ensure your greatest vasectomy reversal success rate.

Unfortunately vasectomy reversal success cannot be guaranteed. However if you take into account the factors we have discussed you can get a good idea of what kind of vasectomy reversal success rate  you can expect.

The vasectomy reversal option is not for everyone, inwhich case you may want to look at the IVF program.