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Minor Surgery > Vasectomy > After-effects
Are there any after-effects?
The possible after-effects and your risk of getting them are shown below. Some are self-limiting or reversible, but others are not. We have listed some important, but very rare after-effects (occurring in less than 1 in 250 patients) individually. The impact of these after-effects can vary a lot from patient to patient.
You should ask your surgeon’s advice about the risks and their impact on you as an individual:
Mild bruising and scrotal swelling with seepage of clear yellow fluid from the wound after a few days
Almost all patients
Blood in your semen the first few times you ejaculate
Troublesome chronic testicular pain which can be severe enough to affect day-to-day activities
Significant bruising and scrotal swelling requiring surgical drainage
Between 1 in 2 and 1 in 10 patients
Up to 1 in 20 patients
Between 1 in 10 and 1 in 50 patients
Epididymo-orchitis (infection or inflammation of your testicle)
Between 1 in 10 and 1 in 50 patients
Early failure (post-operative semen analysis shows persistent motile sperms) so that you are not sterile
1 in 250 patients
Late failure (re-joining of the ends of the tubes after initial negative sperm counts) resulting in fertility & pregnancy at a later stage
1 in 2,000 patients
