Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Male birth control, the "Vasclip"?

No vasectomy is a good vasectomy because a man can develop PVPS (chronic pain in the testes). You can read about it in my first three sources. As far as the Vasclip being a less bad vasectomy...maybe that is true for the male, but it doesn't really work that well...it's unreliable which is the main reason men resort to vasectomy in the first place. (You can read about a vasclip study in my fourth source.)They want reliable birth control. The "pros" about the vasclip is that studies have shown it results in less scarring and adhesions of the tissues in the spermatic cord (the vas defernes, the muscles, veins, etc.) This results in easier reversal, if it is sought. But there are cons. You'd think they could just take the clips off and you'd be fertile again...not neccessarily. It's found that if the clips are left on for some time (over 5 wks which is just long enough to make you sterile in the first place), then just taking them off doesn't restore fertility. The ends must be resectioned and reconnected just as in any reversal. Also, in these studies, at the time of attempted reversal, many clips were found to have fallen off. And like I said earlier, the clips aren't as reliable. You have to have double clips on each side, then most of the time, it will work. I've heard of men who have had the vasclip. Many of them claim to have irritation at the vasectomy site. IMO, you'd be better off not having a vasectomy at all.

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