Myth #1. The urologist that performed your vasectomy has the skills and experience to do your reversal. This is FALSE. In fact, this assumption is rarely correct. Almost any doctor is capable of performing a vasectomy, which is a short and simple procedure. On the other hand, a correctly performed vasectomy reversal is a technically […]

To understand what a vasectomy reversal involves, it is helpful to first understand your vasectomy. A vasectomy is a relatively simple surgical sterilization procedure for men. An estimated 600,000 vasectomies are performed in the United States each year. The vasectomy is often performed in the doctor’s office as a relatively quick, minor procedure using local […]

We are pleased to offer sperm banking at no additional charge to our patients at the time of your reversal here at ICVR. If there should be rare problems or scarring down the road, it would be nice to have sperm frozen, “just in case” which can save you many thousand of dollars. The good […]

Vasectomy Reversal vs. In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF + ICSI) (Or Why a Reversal is the Logical, Common Sense Approach to Fathering Children after Vasectomy) Recently Dr. Marks was honored to debate this topic at an international meeting of the world’s top reversal and IVF doctors. The doctors of ICVR believe it is the doctor’s role to […]

Redo Vasectomy Reversals “I wish we had come here the first time” is what we hear almost weekly after we perform a redo vasectomy reversal. Men from all over the US and internationally come to see Dr. Marks and Dr. Burrows frequently for their redo and even redo, redo reversals after their first attempt elsewhere […]