# vasectomies....reversals...??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 24, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasectomies-reversals/34396 "2000-09-24T21:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dylan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasectomies-reversals/34396/1 "2000-09-24T21:45:28Z")
soooo, anyone know anything about the success rates of reversals?? how long after a vasectomy can the procedure be done… ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasectomies-reversals/34396/2 "2000-09-25T00:01:08Z")
Can’t give you an exact, but I remember reading the sooner the better. After years, amount depending on the person, you not only have trouble attaching the tube ends, but your body MAY develop antibodies to your own sperm cells. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vasectomies-reversals/34396/3 "2000-09-25T01:37:38Z")
From the following links I learned that it is rare that a vasectomy can’t be reversed (couldn’t find a percentage). I also learned the reversal costs $6,500. It better work for that price. [http://www.cystitis.com/med\_maleinfert\_secondary.htm](http://www.cystitis.com/med_maleinfert_secondary.htm) [http://www.mnmed.org/np/MnMed1999/June/9906news-views.html](http://www.mnmed.org/np/MnMed1999/June/9906news-views.html)