In November 2010, Eisenberg et al. from San Francisco, California and Houston, Texas investigated the data on 4928 men from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth survey population. Between 1998 and 2002, it is estimated that 175,000 to 354,000 vasectomies were performed annually in the United States. It is estimated that 6% of vasectomized men will later on pursue a vasectomy reversal for various reasons: new relationship, loss of a child, premature decision-making, etc. That would mean that 10,500 to 21,240 men of these men will one day have a vasectomy reversal.
Bottomline: If you are looking at having a vasectomy reversal, you are not alone. Up to 21,240 men on an annual basis will one day hope to restore sperm to their ejaculate with either the more simple vasectomy reversal (vasovasostomy) or the more complex bypass reversal (vasoepididymostomy)(Journal of Urology 2010; 184: 2068)