Vasectomy Reversal and What You Should Expect
Planning to undergo a vasectomy reversal? Obviously, you know this is a surgical procedure. To be completely prepared for it, you have to know what exactly to expect.
Pre-surgery Routines
Prior to Varicocelectomy surgery, your doctor will take your history and give you a physical exam. It has to be ensured that you have no health issues that may bring about complications. Determine if you are capable of producing healthy sperm. If you've had a child before, that's enough proof. Sometimes, when your doctor is unsure, he may let you go through extra tests. Of course, you should also know if your partner can have a child. Your doctor will also want to see if she has fertility problems, particularly if she's older than 35 or has never conceived before. This means she may have to take some gynecological and other tests.
Another thing you'd like to know before the surgery is the medical preparation that you need to make. Most probably, your doctor will ask you to keep those blood-thinning drugs on hold, if you're taking any. Two weeks before the scheduled surgery, you may also be told not to take aspirin, ibuprofen and other pain relievers because they may increase your risk of bleeding. If you're under any other types of medication, you'll likely need to stop taking them as well.
On surgery day, be sure to have tight-fitting underwear (for example, an athletic supporter) in handy so you can wear it post operation. This will support your scrotum as well as hold the bandages in place. After the surgery, let someone drive you home. Surgery usually lasts around two to four hours, and you'll need time to let the anesthesia's effect fade. Ask your doctor when it will be alright for you to go home after the operation. If you'll be on general anesthetics, you'll be unconscious for the entire duration of the surgery. Find out more about this in the site at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vasovasostomy. Or you may simply ben on an anesthetic which stops you from feeling the pain without actually putting you to sleep.
During the Operation
During the operation, your doctor will make a small incision on the underside of your scrotum. This exposes the tube that carries your sperm (known as vas deferens). The doctor will then open the tube and examine the seminal fluid. If there is sperm in the fluid, the vas deferens will be connected around the ends and the sperm passageway will be re-established. If no sperm is found in the fluid or the fluid is pasty in consistency, the assumption is that scar tissue is blocking the flow of the sperm. In this case, your doctor may proceed with a vasoepididymostomy in order to eliminate the blockage.
Post Surgery
The cuts will be immediately covered with bandages after the operation. To reduce the swelling, you'll have to wear tight-fitting undergarments and apply ice. Additional data about this are described at www.malereproduction.org. Expect to be sore for a few days - this is expected. Ask your doctor when it will be okay to remove the bandages. Any stitches should have resolved after 7-10 days.
Pre-surgery Routines
Prior to Varicocelectomy surgery, your doctor will take your history and give you a physical exam. It has to be ensured that you have no health issues that may bring about complications. Determine if you are capable of producing healthy sperm. If you've had a child before, that's enough proof. Sometimes, when your doctor is unsure, he may let you go through extra tests. Of course, you should also know if your partner can have a child. Your doctor will also want to see if she has fertility problems, particularly if she's older than 35 or has never conceived before. This means she may have to take some gynecological and other tests.
Another thing you'd like to know before the surgery is the medical preparation that you need to make. Most probably, your doctor will ask you to keep those blood-thinning drugs on hold, if you're taking any. Two weeks before the scheduled surgery, you may also be told not to take aspirin, ibuprofen and other pain relievers because they may increase your risk of bleeding. If you're under any other types of medication, you'll likely need to stop taking them as well.
On surgery day, be sure to have tight-fitting underwear (for example, an athletic supporter) in handy so you can wear it post operation. This will support your scrotum as well as hold the bandages in place. After the surgery, let someone drive you home. Surgery usually lasts around two to four hours, and you'll need time to let the anesthesia's effect fade. Ask your doctor when it will be alright for you to go home after the operation. If you'll be on general anesthetics, you'll be unconscious for the entire duration of the surgery. Find out more about this in the site at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vasovasostomy. Or you may simply ben on an anesthetic which stops you from feeling the pain without actually putting you to sleep.
During the Operation
During the operation, your doctor will make a small incision on the underside of your scrotum. This exposes the tube that carries your sperm (known as vas deferens). The doctor will then open the tube and examine the seminal fluid. If there is sperm in the fluid, the vas deferens will be connected around the ends and the sperm passageway will be re-established. If no sperm is found in the fluid or the fluid is pasty in consistency, the assumption is that scar tissue is blocking the flow of the sperm. In this case, your doctor may proceed with a vasoepididymostomy in order to eliminate the blockage.
Post Surgery
The cuts will be immediately covered with bandages after the operation. To reduce the swelling, you'll have to wear tight-fitting undergarments and apply ice. Additional data about this are described at www.malereproduction.org. Expect to be sore for a few days - this is expected. Ask your doctor when it will be okay to remove the bandages. Any stitches should have resolved after 7-10 days.