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Question:
i am 45 yrs old, married with 2 children aged 15 and 10. am planning to go for vasectomy. please let me know, how long it takes for the operation, effect on my sex life and is is safe/fool proof. can i have normal sex after the operation

Answer:
by Poosha Darbha:
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Vasectomy is a safer and easier means of surgical sterilization, with very reliable results. The failure rate following vasectomy is one of the lowest recorded - 160 out of 100,000 men on a lifetime basis (It varies from clinic to clinic).

As to safety - vasectomy carries very low risk of complications when performed by experienced surgeons (43 per 100,000 vasectomies compared to 6000+ per 100,000 abdominal tubectomies, according to a large scale study).

It takes only a few minutes for this minor surgery, performed under local anesthesia as an office procedure, and you can go home within minutes after vasectomy.

Reviewed by: Scott Gross M. Ed.

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