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Luminal suture thread as a guide for anastomosis: a new vasovasostomy technique.

OBJECTIVE: To use a new vasovasostomy technique for reversal of vasectomy.

DESIGN: Case report.

SETTING: Clinical and academic research environment.

PATIENT: A patient who had undergone vasectomy.

INTERVENTION: We used 4/0 prolene as a guide during anastomosis for reversal of vasectomy.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Semen analysis.

RESULT(S): Three months after the operation, the spermiogram showed the sperm count, the percentage of normal morphologic sperm, progressive motility, and vitality as 9 million/L, 70%, 33%, and 60%, respectively. Six months later, the spermiogram was repeated and the following results were obtained: the sperm count, the percentage of normal morphologic sperm, progressive motility, and vitality as 14 million/L, 65%, 40%, and 65%, respectively.

CONCLUSION(S): This new technique is cost-effective, easy, cheap, and less time-consuming, and has a high success rate.

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