Bradley Roth, MS4

“While I would hesitate to say that reversal is truly better in terms of efficacy, I think this data suggests that it's at least as good,” says Scott D. Lundy, MD, PhD, HCLD.

“While sperm cryopreservation is very safe, there might be hidden costs that patients aren't aware of, both [in] the upfront costs of preserving the sperm and then the annual cost of maintaining it at a facility,” says Bradley Roth, MS4.

"The idea here is to determine, from an epidemiologic perspective, whether freezing sperm for many men before their vasectomy is cost-effective compared to whether we should simply avoid this routine practice and allow men to proceed with their vasectomy and then restore their fertility in the future," says Scott D. Lundy, MD, PhD, HCLD.