Our Vasectomy Reversal Patients from Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin

This is a review, authored by Dr. Sheldon Marks, addresses why so many of our vas reversal patients travel to ICVR in Tucson, Arizona from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Madison, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Rochester and throughout Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin for their vasectomy reversal.

Many men come from Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin to ICVR, one of America’s top vasectomy reversal centers because of our proven, published success rates of up to 99.5%  for vas-to-vas connections (1).

With more than 7000 patients from every state in the US and more than 85 countries around the world, our full-time, vas reversal only program is a leading “Center-of-Excellence.”

Dr. Marks and Dr. Burrows have successful vas reversals as far out as 42 years from vasectomy, the world record, (2). We perform microsurgical 3 to 4 multi-layer vas reversals Monday to Friday as one of the top destinations for couples that understand there is no reason to settle for anything less than the highest chances for success.

“ICVR is focused on one purpose, one goal – to give every patient the absolute highest vasectomy reversal success rates anywhere and a personalized medical experience.”
Sheldon H. F. Marks, MD

We avoid the use of general anesthesia with the associated rare but serious risks and instead use a mild IV sedation so our patients sleep comfortably and pain-free (3). In fact, most men don’t even ask for a single Tylenol afterwards!

Most doctors that do vas reversals are not true experts, and so can’t master the critical microsurgical skills necessary for the vas reversal or provide critical aftercare. Surprisingly, many are not even trained in urology and urologic microsurgery, one of the most technically challenging surgeries in all of medicine.

Of course, there are several highly respected, senior world-class vasectomy reversal experts in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, to include Dr. Dan Williams in Madison, Dr. Jay Sandlow in Milwaukee and Dr. Moshe Wald in Iowa City.

So then why should anyone consider coming to ICVR?

Experience matters!

Our doctors do the entire vas reversal, and since we don’t let any doctors-in-training participate in the surgery or aftercare, each patient can trust that he will get the very highest vas reversal success rates.

We also perform many redo vas reversals when the first one elsewhere has failed.

Some of the other reasons to consider Dr. Marks and Dr. Burrows for a vas reversal include:

– Each doctor limits his practice to one vas reversal a day. This way the doctor is not tired from earlier surgeries nor he is pressured to move fast to get to the next cases
– We offer an all-inclusive, no surprise package price
– Both doctors’ personal cell phone numbers are provided for 24/7 after hours access
Sperm banking is available at no additional cost

Our motto says it all, “We Make Men Dads AgainTM.”

For more information so that couples can make an intelligent, shared decision based on the facts or to arrange a no charge telephone, Zoom, FaceTime or Skype consult, please contact us at (888) 722-2929 . Consultations are available days, evenings or weekends.

This was updated, reviewed, and edited on January 4, 2023 by Sheldon H.F. Marks, MD.

References:

1.Crosnoe LE, Kim ED, Perkins AR, Marks MB, Burrows PJ, Marks SH. Angled vas cutter for vasovasostomy: technique and results. Fertility and Sterility.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. Andrology 2014;2(1):25-9.
3.Kluger, M.T., Short, T.G. Aspiration during anaesthesia: a review of 133 cases from the Australian Anaesthetic Incident Monitoring Study (AIMS). Anaesthesia. 1999;54:19–26.