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Vasectomy
Vasectomy is a simple contraception method surgery designed to make men sterile, or unable to father a child.
It involves blocking the tubes through which sperm pass into the semen.
Sperm are produced in a man's
testis and stored in the epididymis, an adjacent structure. During sexual climax, the sperm
move from the epididymis through a tube called the vas deferens and mix with other components of semen
to form the ejaculate.
All vasectomy techniques involve surgery cutting or otherwise blocking, both the left and right vas deferens.
By consequence, the man's ejaculate will no longer contain sperm, he will become sterile and will not be able to make a woman pregnant.
This operation is used as a means of contraception method in many parts of the world.
Vasectomy, like any operation, will not guarantee that you will not get a women pregnant.
The only 100% way to avoid this is abstinence, but the success rate of thys surgery operation is very high, well over 99%.
A man can resume sexual activity within a few days after the operation, but precautions should be taken
against pregnancy until a test shows that sperm is out from his semen. Generally, this test is performed after
the patient has had 10-20 post-vasectomy ejaculations.
Related to men health, we must add that vasectomy does not affect production or release of testosterone, the male hormone responsible for a man's sex drive,
or other masculine traits, like beard, deep voice, etc. The operation also has no effect on sexuality. Erections,
climaxes, and the amount of ejaculate remain the same.
No woman can differentiate in bed a man with vasectomy, unless the man himself decides to tell her.
Advantages and disadvantages of vasectomy
The main advantage of vasectomy - the permanent incapacity to eliminate sperm due of surgery - is also its main disadvantage.
The procedure itself is simple, much simpler than making female sterile, but reversal it is difficult,
expensive, and often unsuccessful.
Researchers are studying new methods of blocking the vas that may produce less tissue damage and scarring and
might thus permit more successful reversal. But these methods are still experimental, and their effectiveness
has not yet been confirmed.
Before having vasectomy, the man can store his semen in a sperm bank to preserve the possibility of producing
a pregnancy at some future date. However, doing this is costly, and the sperm in stored semen do not always
remain viable (able to cause pregnancy).
Although it is extremely effective for preventing pregnancy, vasectomy is only a contraception surgery method and does not offer protection against AIDS
or other sexually transmitted diseases. Consequently, it is important from health reasons that vasectomized men continue to use
condoms, preferably latex, which offer considerable protection against the spread of disease, in any sexual
encounter that carries the risk of contracting or transmitting infection.
Vasectomy reversal
According to statistics, five to ten percent of men who annually undergo this sterile surgery, will choose to
have vasectomy reversal at some time. Vasectomy reversal is done using an operating microscope and requires up to
4 hours of operating time, wherein the men tubes are reconnected, in order to allow sperm to pass through once again.
Long time ago, the results of vasectomy reversal were relatively poor.
In our days, with the help of better techniques developed excellent results can be obtained in vasectomy reversal,
with a high chance of obtaining pregnancy. Success rates of reversal vary depending on the surgeon skills.
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NOTE: The information on this site is provided for information only, and is not meant to substitute for
the advice of your own physician or other medical professional.
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