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Non-Scapel Vasectomy
December 7, 2007
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John Sickels says getting a vasectomy was something he and his wife Janice
often joked about. “It’s kind of a joke
because every birthday Janice asked me what I want and I say I would like to have a vasectomy.” But when John learned that birth control
pills were causing his wife to have migraine headaches, they decided a vasectomy
was the better option. “Most of the patients feel a little bit apprehensive at the
beginning of course they hear that oh it’s so uncomfortable it’s so painful,” says
Dr. Pedro Marcucci, a Urologist
with Lee Memorial Health System. But he says most
patients are relieved when they have a non-scalpel vasectomy. “We don’t cut the skin we go through the folds of the scrotum where the skin is very thin and we make
an opening, a little opening which is approximately a centimeter or half a centimeter.
It can be done in the office it can be done in a matter of 7 to 10 minutes. The
risk of complications has decreased by 80 percent so really it was safe before,
now there’s really a no brainer.” John says that accurately describes his vasectomy
experience.
“It was quick, I believe it works and it wasn’t very expensive. The
incision was really small and there was nothing to really take care of. I was taking
it easy but I was ready the next day to do whatever it was I was going to do.” Dr.
Marcucci says most patients fully recover from a non-scalpel vasectomy after two or three days of rest. Post-vasectomy risks are minor and include infection, scarring
and the possibility of developing sperm antibodies.
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