The following are issues to consider before arranging a vasectomy. These are not meant as a substitute for medical advice, but as a tool to help you begin the search process for a vasectomy doctor. You may wish to print this page to use as a guide.

• Always ensure the surgeon is licensed to practice in your jurisdiction (i.e. state or province).
  
  
• Ask how many vasectomies the physician performs –in career/ per week/ per year?
  
  
• Consider the technique – no-scalpel verses conventional.
  
  
• Ask if the technique performed is ‘open-ended’ or ‘closed ended’?
  
  
• Ask about the physician’s complication rates.
  
  
• Ask about the doctor’s failure rate.
  
  
• Ask how many minutes it takes the physician to complete the procedure?
  
  
• Does the physician use fascial interposition? (See procedures)
  
  
• Ask how the tubes are blocked - Cautery of the vas or suture ligation of the vas?
  
  
• Does the surgeon have a university appointment?
  
  

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