Vasectomy: Safe, Simple and Little Used

Vasectomies are safer and more cost-effective than tubal ligations, the sterilization technique for women, but remain relatively underused.
A new no-scalpel vasectomy technique significantly reduces complications.
The rate of unwanted pregnancies after vasectomy remains low; most of those pregnancies can be traced to patient error.
A tiny puncture and a little snip, done under local anesthetic — that’s essentially all there is to a vasectomy. “Vasectomies are the safest, simplest, most cost-effective method of contraception we have,” said Dr. Edmund Sabanegh Jr., director of the Clinic for Male Fertility at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

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