Microsurgical vasoepididymostomy to corpus epididymidis in treatment of inflammatory obstructive azoospermia

Urology. 1987 Dec;30(6):565-7. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(87)90437-7.

Abstract

A unilateral microsurgical vasoepididymostomy utilizing 35 mm of epididymis was performed in a patient with postinflammatory epididymal obstruction. Success was verified with multiple semen analyses, the hamster egg penetration test, and a pregnancy. These results demonstrate that surgical bypass of inflammatory tubal obstruction in the distal epididymis can result in the return of normal epididymal function and fertility.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Epididymis / surgery*
  • Epididymitis / complications
  • Gonorrhea / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microsurgery / methods
  • Oligospermia / etiology
  • Oligospermia / surgery*
  • Vasovasostomy*