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  • Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners

    What are the risks of a Vasectomy?

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  • Dr Stuart Menogue

    Urologist

    Dr Stuart Menogue is a specialist Urological Surgeon located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and North Shore. His special interests include Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery … View Profile

    Haematoma (bruising and swelling with bleeding) <10%

    Infection <10%

    Post vasectomy pain syndrome

    in rare cases can be permanent (<1%)

    Failure rate:

    Surgical failure: moving sperm still present in the ejaculate 3 months after vasectomy 1/200

    Recanalisation: The risk of the cut ends of the vas deferens rejoining 1/500

    The risk of pregnancy after vasectomy is around 1/2000

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