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Dr Suks Minhas
London Andrology
Vasectomy side effects: what are the potential complications from vasectomy?
Dr Suks Minhas explains that all men contemplating a vasectomy should be counselled on the potential complications, including chronic pain, infection and spontaneous reattachment of the sperm tube.
Transcript
All men who would consider vasectomy need to be counselled appropriately about side effects. These side effects include chronic pain or chronic orchialgia which can occur as a matter of permanency in about 1 in 100 men. The other complications are at any time, the two ends of the sperm tube can join together again even if a vasectomy's been successful and that risk is about 1 in 2,500. The other risks also include infection, bleeding, bruising, swelling, but these are usually immediate complications. The only other issue would be that men are not rendered sterile immediately and they must practice contraception until they get the all clear. In other words, a Sperm Free Sample post-vasectomy which is usually performed at either three to four months.
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