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Luminal suture thread as a guide for anastomosis: a new vasovasostomy technique
Mete Kilciler1, Lutfu Tahmaz, Selahattin Bedir
1Department of Urology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. mkilciler@yahoo.com <mkilciler@yahoo.com>
Objective:
To use a new vasovasostomy technique for reversal of vasectomy.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
Clinical and academic research environment.
Patient:
A patient who had undergone vasectomy.
Intervention:
We used 4/0 prolene as a guide during anastomosis for reversal of vasectomy.
Main Outcome Measure:
Semen analysis.
Result(S):
Three months after the operation, the spermiogram showed the sperm count, the percentage of normal morphologic sperm, progressive motility, and vitality as 9 million/L, 70%, 33%, and 60%, respectively. Six months later, the spermiogram was repeated and the following results were obtained: the sperm count, the percentage of normal morphologic sperm, progressive motility, and vitality as 14 million/L, 65%, 40%, and 65%, respectively.
Conclusion(S):
This new technique is cost-effective, easy, cheap, and less time-consuming, and has a high success rate.
