Vasectomy is a definitive and safe surgical practice. That is why patients must be well-informed people, who have previously undergone a blood test in which coagulation is studied, and who do not have any type of circumstantial conditioning that would force them to make a hasty decision which, as a definitive method, could lead to regret.
On the other hand, it is not a method recommended for people who are not mature or who have an altered psychological profile. Moreover, in childless patients it is not contraindicated, but each case must be carefully evaluated and psychological reports must be requested in all these cases before carrying out the intervention.
Abstinence for 2 or 3 weeks
Since it is a urological surgery, vasectomy implies a time of sexual abstinence of 2 or 3 weeks once the operation has been performed. As part of the patient’s recovery and evaluation, it is also advisable to have a control semen analysis performed after two months as a general rule.
The risks involved in this procedure are practically non-existent. However, complications such as small hematomas or inflammations in the area may arise, which are usually resolved with inflammatories or even spontaneously. Antibiotics are rarely necessary for wound infection, and recovery is very fast if no such complications arise.
A simple process
Vasectomy usually lasts between 15 and 20 minutes. It is performed under local anesthesia through two small lateral incisions and then the vas deferens is ligated and the wound is closed with 2 or 3 stitches of resorbable material. As advice to the patient in the hours prior to his admission to the hospital, it is recommended that the scrotum be well shaved and with appropriate slips to wear it tucked up and not loose after the operation.