Our visiting doctor performs vasectomies safely and discreetly in our dedicated treatment rooms. This quick outpatient procedure, done under local anaesthetic, is a safe and effective permanent birth control option for men
About Vasectomies
A vasectomy is a form of male birth control that cuts the supply of sperm to your semen. It’s done by cutting and sealing the tubes that carry sperm. A vasectomy has a low risk of complications and can usually be performed in an outpatient setting under local anaesthesia. 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, vasectomy’s are a safe and effective birth control choice for men who are certain they no longer want to father a child. Although vasectomy reversals are possible, vasectomy’s should be considered a permanent form of male birth control. It’s worth noting that vasectomy’s offer no protection from sexually transmitted infections.
The Process
• Initial Telehealth Consultation: Chat with our clinician to discuss the procedure and ensure it’s the right choice for you.
• Booking: Schedule your vasectomy at a convenient time.
• Procedure: A quick, in-clinic procedure under local anaesthesia, usually completed in 20-30 minutes.
• Recovery: You’ll need someone to drive you home. Most patients resume light activities within a few days.
Why Choose a Vasectomy?
Vasectomies are an outpatient surgery with a low risk of complications or side effects. The cost of a vasectomy is far less than that of female sterilisation (tubal ligation) or the long-term cost of birth control medications for women. A vasectomy means patients won’t need to take further birth control steps before engaging in sexual intercourse. Interestingly, patients will ejaculate semen (seminal fluid) after a vasectomy, but it will no longer contain sperm. Sperm that is created is absorbed harmlessly by the body.
Risks Include Pain, Swelling, Bleeding and Infection.
Although it might be possible to reverse a vasectomy, there is no guarantee it will work. Reversal surgery is more complicated than a vasectomy, can be expensive and in some cases, ineffective.
Other techniques are available to father a child following vasectomy, such as invitro fertilisation. However, these techniques are expensive and not always effective. Before you get a vasectomy, be certain you don’t want to father a child in the future. In extremely rare cases, injury to the blood supply can lead to the loss of a testicle.
FAQ’s
• A vasectomy won’t affect sexual performance or a patients masculinity in any way other than preventing pregnancy.
• Men have even reported higher sexual satisfaction after a vasectomy.
• There’s little risk that a patients testicles, penis or other parts of their reproductive system will be injured during surgery.
• Although there have been some concerns about a possible link between vasectomy and testicular or prostate cancer in the past, there’s no proven link.
• As with cancer fears, there doesn’t appear to be any link between vasectomy and heart problems.
• Patients might feel minor pain and pulling or tugging during surgery, but severe pain is very rare. Likewise, after surgery patients might have some pain, but for most men the pain is minor and goes away after a few days.
What You Can Expect
Patients will have a telehealth consultation with the clinician before the vasectomy is booked. Patients should be prepared to discuss how their partner feels about the procedure, and whether there is a better birth control alternative. The clinician will also confirm the patients understanding that a vasectomy is permanent. It can take approximately 3 months after the procedure, before ejaculated semen will contain no sperm.
