Although men should consider vasectomy a permanent decision, vasovasostomy is a reversal procedure that may restore fertility in men who change their minds. Vasovasostomies are also effective in relieving chronic pain from vasectomies in the rare case that this occurs.
One Australian study suggested that although the rate of vasectomies has not changed over the past few decades, the desire for reversal surgery increased by over 70% in the late 1990s compared to the early 1980s....
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