A British man undergoing a minor operation was given a vasectomy by mistake.
Doctors have tried to reverse the blunder, but the victim faces an anxious wait to see if he will be able to have children.
The
Telegraph reports that the incident occurred at Royal Liverpool
University Hospital, which is affiliated with the National Health
Service, Britain's public healthcare system.
The man had gone in
to surgery for a minor urological procedure, but doctors carried out an
operation on the “wrong site”. They could now face a six figure
compensation claim.
"We can confirm a patient who was scheduled
to have a different minor urological procedure was wrongly given a
vasectomy," RLUH medical director Dr. Peter Williams said in a
statement.
"We have apologized unreservedly to the patient and we
are offering him our full support. We greatly regret the distress this
has caused him," Williams said.
The man has not been identified and the NHS trust has refused to disclose his age because of patient confidentiality.
Although
vasectomies are considered a permanent form of birth control, it is
possible to reconnect the tubes that are severed in the procedure.
The success rate of reversing a vasectomy is generally between 40 and 50 percent, according to the Houston Fertility Institute.
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