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From Paul:- Brief history: • Had traditional vasectomy (closed-ended, open incisions) in early 2003. • General surgeon (did 2-3 per week) said left vas was difficult to find. Surgery seemed to take long but was eventually completed. • Experienced substantial pain on left side for several months and frequent urge to urinate for several weeks. [...]

From Jamielynn:- Thank you so much for the information that you provided in my previous post for my husband and I. Like I stated to you before, I printed out a copy of the information and we took it to the surgeon. After a few weeks the surgeon called us back and said that he [...]

From Tom:- I had a vasectomy in September, 08 from a board certified urologist. Post semen analysis at 3 months was positive (no other specifics available on this test). Another test was done at 6 months and was positive with a count of 20,000. Yet another test done at 9 months and results showed “Rare, [...]

I am wondering how common it is to have the vas deferens tethered and what is done to usually prevent this from occuring? Tethering of the vas deferens after a vasectomy can occur and results from the scarring to adjacent tissues after the vasectomy. The biggest problems I have seen with tethering of the vas [...]

From Jim:- I had a vasectomy done 13 months ago. A few months later I noticed a very small lump at the bottom left of my left testicle. Since then I’m sure it has grown slightly. It is not a smooth feeling lump, feels sort of sharp/pointy and if I put pressure on it then [...]