Vasectomy is quick, safe, effective, inexpensive and reliable. Vasectomy should be considered a permanent form of sterilization even though vasectomy reversal is a highly successful procedure. Vasectomy is an office procedure performed under local anesthesia. The procedure takes 20 minutes and is associated with minimal to no discomfort. During a vasectomy, the vas deferens or sperm duct is interrupted so sperm can no longer exit during an ejaculation.
Conventional vasectomy is performed through an incision made in the scrotum.
The vas is then found, tied with suture or blocked with permanent clips, cut, and cauterized. Everything possible is done to prevent the two ends from growing back together including removing a small segment of the vas. The wound is then sutured closed. In 1974 the No-Scalpel Vasectomy technique was developed in China by Dr. Li Shunqiang. Since then over 9 million no-scalpel vasectomies have been performed.