Vasectomy Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

If you are planning to have a vasectomy, your doctor will review a list of possible complications which may include:

• Infection
• Swelling
• Bruising
• Bleeding
• Chronic pain in and around the testes
• Sperm granuloma (lumps due to immune system response to sperm leaking from the reproductive organs)
• Ability to still make a woman pregnant

Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

• Local infections

• Bleeding disorders

• Prior surgery in that area

Call Your Doctor

After arriving home, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills
• Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
• Difficulty urinating
• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given

In case of an emergency, call 911.