Reasons to Choose Dr. Marks and Dr. Burrows of ICVR for a Vasectomy Reversal

This article, by nationally recognized microsurgeon, educator and author Sheldon Marks MD, outlines many reasons more than 7000 men from every state in the US and from more than 85 countries chose ICVR for unsurpassed vas reversal results and personalized care.

When couples consider other vasectomy reversal doctors, it becomes clear that there is an ICVR difference.

Of course, among the many doctors that will perform a vasectomy reversal, there are many that are highly trained, skilled and experienced and so will provide their patients with excellent vas reversal success rates and top notch care. The trick is finding these wonderful true experts. In one week, we had patients from Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, Kansas and New Mexico.

When couples choose ICVR, they can trust that they will receive the most up-to-date precision microsurgical vas reversal possible with an old-world, personalized caring experience! Below is a list of some of the many reasons why more than 7000 men have come to ICVR, a top Center of Excellence, for a vasectomy reversal.

Our team of senior professionals is available to answer any questions on any of these points.
1. Vasectomy Reversals are all we do! We are a full-time, microsurgical vasectomy reversal only super-specialty center – we don’t do anything else.
2. We perform more vas reversals in a week (5 to 8 on average) than most urologists do in a year and some in a career, now with more than 7000 over 5 decades together.
3. Each doctor limits himself to only one vas reversal each day! That way the doctors are not hurried to rush to the next cases nor are we fatigued from earlier vas reversals. Each patient has the doctor’s sole focus and attention to detail.
4. We have a proven, published success up to 99.5% for vas-to-vas connections (1).
5. ICVR has the world record 42 years from vasectomy to successful reversal, now with 19-year-old daughter who just had her own baby! We routinely perform vas reversals on men from 15 to 35 years out with published high success (2).
6. We are one of only a few top vasectomy reversal centers in the world with 2 actively practicing microsurgeons.
7. Both Dr. Marks and Dr. Burrows are urologists, the only specialty in medicine trained to perform vas reversals and manage any contributing male fertility issues before and after that may impact on vas reversal success.
8. We do not use deep general anesthesia with potential rare but serious risks. Instead, we use our own technique (which we developed) of mild conscious sedation to avoid all the risks, toxicity and side effects of deep general anesthesia (3). Our patients are so relaxed and comfortable that they fall asleep throughout the vas reversal and most never even ask for single Tylenol afterwards.
9. We perform vas reversals in our own private operating suite, so we are not pressured to ram many cases through in a day which is so common at busy hospitals or surgery centers. Plus, having our own facility gives the doctors total control over all the details so we have only the very top equipment, custom microsutures, microsurgical instruments and our Leica high-powered surgical microscope.
10. Dr. Marks has been in practice performing vas reversals since 1982, 40 years! After his medical school at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, he completed two years of general surgery training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and his urology residency in Boston, Massachusetts at Tufts University/New England Medical Center. Dr. Burrows attended medical school at the Cleveland Clinic/Ohio State program and then completed his general surgery and urology at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles and then his fellowship at Baylor, in Houston, Texas and has been performing vas reversals for 30 years.
11. ICVR has our own andrology lab and sperm bank next to our operating suite, with a full-time andrologist, not just a lab tech. This allows us to offer sperm banking at no additional cost, which saves our patients many thousands of dollars. Our continued life-long andrology follow-up after the vas reversal is critical to achieving the highest chances for a child.
12. Because of our expertise evaluating the fluid and performing precision vas reversals, the number of years from the vasectomy does NOT dictate the vas reversal technique or drastically lower success (4,5).
13. ICVR offers a “no surprise” all-inclusive fixed package price, with no hidden fees or surprise bills, and with no additional charges for after care or epididymal bypass surgery as many do.
14. We do the vasectomy reversals! Our patients do not have to worry that the vas reversal will be performed by doctors-in-training. At ICVR, either Dr. Marks or Dr. Burrows performs the entire surgery, from start to finish!
15. We give every patient the doctor’s own personal cell phone numbers so he has direct evening and weekend access and care 24/7. No answering services, voice mails or doctors that don’t know what happened at surgery. Plus, the doctor comes to the hotel for a “house call” the next day to see how everything is healing and to review the customized 25 page discharge book.
16. Dr. Marks and Dr. Burrows are true international vasectomy reversal experts. Many claim to be experts when they really are not.

Dr. Marks is:

– Only one of a few vas reversal experts in world to have a microsurgical instrument he developed named after him, the “Marks Vas Cutting Forceps” (1)
– He has taught the course on how to perform vasectomy reversals to urologists from all over the world at the annual international urology (AUA) meeting for more than a decade and Special Master’s courses at international fertility (ASRM) conferences
– Wrote the certification module on vasectomy reversals for the American Society of Reproductive Medicine
– Is the author of published papers, a textbook and book chapter on vas reversals (Marks SHF. Vasectomy Reversal: Manual of Vasovasostomy and Vasoepididymostomy. New York; Springer; 2018)
– He is the WebMD expert for more than 20 years as well as being on XM/Sirius Dr. Radio and quoted 22 times in Cosmo Magazine, and dozens of times in BottomLine
– Is the “Integrative Urologist” for Dr. Andrew Weil’s website, DrWeil.com

Dr. Burrows:
– Is one of the busiest vas reversal doctors in the world, with the highest success
– Travels and speaks to other urologists and physician groups
– Teaches urologists about vas reversals, testosterone and male fertility
– Published important papers on vasectomy reversals in leading journals
– Has faculty appointments at the University of Arizona and USC in Los Angeles
– Has been a TopDoc for many years
– Wrote a textbook chapter on male fertility

Our team of senior professionals and microsurgery experts is available for couples to find out more information, answer any questions or to set up a no-cost consultation by phone, in person, Zoom, Skype or Face Time, (888) 722-2929 .

This page was reviewed, edited and updated January 4, 2023 by Sheldon Marks, MD.

References:

1. Crosnoe LE, Kim ED, Perkins AR, Marks MB, Burrows PJ, Marks SH. Angled vas cutter for vasovasostomy: technique and results. Fertil Steril 2014;101(3):636-639.
2. Mui P, Perkins A, Burrows PJ, Marks SF, Turek PJ. The need for epididymostomy at vasectomy reversal plateaus in older vasectomies: a study of 1229 cases. Androl 2014;2(1):25-9.
3. Harris M, Chung F. Complications of general anesthesia. Clin Plast Surg. 2013 Oct;40(4):503-13.
4. Marks SHF, Burrows PJ, Cropp AR, Ax RL, McCauley TC. Obstructive interval should not be a deterrent in vasectomy reversal. Androl 2008;March/April(Suppl):21.
5. Mui P, Perkins A, Burrows PJ, Marks SF, Turek PJ. The need for epididymostomy at vasectomy reversal plateaus in older vasectomies: a study of 1229 cases. Androl 2014;2(1):25-9.