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My husband had a vasectomy about 6 weeks ago. He has had nothing but trouble ever since. Hemotoma, swelling, pain. After four weeks, after having intercourse only for the second time since, he had a feeling like he “blew up” in severe pain during ejaculation and realized it was mostly blood. He has swelling on [...]

From Gary:- Hi Dr. Karpman. I had a vasectomy procedure performed on Friday. How soon can ejaculations begin? Ejaculations after a vasectomy can begin as soon as the patient feels comfortable to do so. It is important to remember that men are not considered sterile until they demonstrate no sperm in the ejaculate. Men should [...]

From Dale:- Hi, I had a vasectomy 15 years ago, could you tell me whether it is possible to have torsion of the testis? I believe I may have partial torsion, but surely after a vasectomy the spermatic cord wouldn’t be attached to the testis to cause this problem? Many thanks, It is possible to [...]

From ML:- I have had a vasectomy that also utilized clips in addition to removing a section of the vas deferens and have a question concerning the clips. I am not close to the doctor any longer or would ask him but what are the clips made of and would that be of concern in [...]

From John:- I had a vasectomy Feb of 09. As a child, I had an undescended testicle until I had it operated on at the age of 7. When I had my vasectomy done, my doctor did not cut the vas on the testicle that was undescended because there was a lot of scar tissue [...]

My question is about pregnancy after a vasectomy. I know that this topic has been covered, but I while I have been reading up on the statistic’s on failure rates ect , I have become worried about the time it took for my husband’s Vasectomy !!!! In most of these case’s people have said it [...]