In The News
Thank you for visiting this section of In The News. It's where we want to keep you up-to-date about recent developments in state-of-the-art microsurgical vasectomy reversals, the latest events here at the Southwest Fertility Center for Men and the cutting-edge research that we are working on to help couples face the challenge of male infertility.Click the sections below to learn more:
At this year’s 2010 national American Urologic Association’s meeting in San Francisco, California, Dr. Werthman reported his experience with vasectomy reversals with 45 men with post-vasectomy pain syndrome. 75% of them were cured of their pain and 10% had a >30% improvement.
Bottomline: For those unfortunate men who suffer from post-vasectomy pain syndrome, there is hope. While there is no guarantee, most men will improve after a vasectomy reversal. Seek out a vasectomy reversal specialist who can evaluate whether a state-of-the-art vasectomy reversal can help you with your post-vasectomy pain. 082710
At this year’s 2010 national American Urologic Association’s meeting in San Francisco, California, Cassidy et al. from Toronto Canada looked back at all the male patients at their institution that had underwent radiologic treatment for varicoceles (dilated veins in the scrotum that can hinder the testicles ability to make sperm and testosterone). The varicoceles were treated by embolization (where the major blood vessels in your body are accessed via a small skin puncture, and the blood vessels causing the varicoceles are blocked off using metal coils or clogging agents). They found that the success rate for treating left-sided varicoceles (97%) was comparable to microsurgical varicocele ligations whereas the embolization of right-sided varicoceles had a much higher failure rate of 13%.
Bottomline: If the hospital near you has radiologic specialists who can do these embolizations, it is a treatment option that is comparable to microsurgical varicocele ligations. If you have bilateral varicoceles or a right-sided varicocele, you may be better served by having the microsurgical repair since the embolizations don’t work as well for the right side. As always, consult your male fertility doctor to learn what he is most comfortable with at your medical institution. -082010
Bottomline: This concept of assessing sperm DNA damage before cancer therapy may provide a useful tool to assess whether the level of sperm DNA damage after cancer therapy has returned to a man's baseline levels to help counsel men about post-therapy fertility potential. -81310













