Paternity after vasectomy with two previous semen analyses without spermatozoa

CONTEXT: The risk of paternity after vasectomy is rare but still exists. Overall failure to achieve sterility after vasectomy occurs in 0.2 to 5.3% of patients due to technical failure or recanalization. The objective of this report was to describe a rare but notable case of proven paternity in whic...

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Autores: Lucon, Marcos, Lucon, Antonio Marmo, Pasqualoto, Fabio Firmbach, Srougi, Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Paulista de Medicina
Repositorio:São Paulo medical journal (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.diagnosticoetratamento.emnuvens.com.br:article/2075
Acceso en línea:https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/2075
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Vasectomia
Infertilidade
Paternidade
Oligospermia
Fertilidade
Vasectomy
Infertility
Paternity
Azoospermia
Fertility
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Sumario:CONTEXT: The risk of paternity after vasectomy is rare but still exists. Overall failure to achieve sterility after vasectomy occurs in 0.2 to 5.3% of patients due to technical failure or recanalization. The objective of this report was to describe a rare but notable case of proven paternity in which the semen analyses had not given evidence of spermatozoa. CASE REPORT: A 44-year-old vasectomized man whose semen analyses had shown azoospermia became a father four years after sterilization. Blood sample DNA analysis on the child and husband proved biological paternity. Vasectomy may fail in the long run even without spermatozoa in semen analysis. The patient must be aware of this possibility.