Welcome to VasCenters.com
The
Vasectomy Information Source for wives about their husbands...
...an
educational service for women about vasectomies and reversals
and the office centers where they are performed.
Family
planning isn't just a man or woman's responsibility.
Both partners need to know and understand the birth
control choices available to them, whether they seek permanent methods
or not.
For most
couples, vasectomy represents a simple, permanent alternative to other
traditional birth control methods. Vasectomy, as performed by any standard
means, is a relatively safe procedure that
is over 99% effective as a birth control method. Typical of these techniques
is the No-Scalpel Vasectomy procedure or
"NSV" Over 600,000 American men and their families choose
vasectomies annually. By far, vasectomy is a safer, less invasive form
of birth control than is tubal ligation for
women.
Your options,
and surgical choices, are important when you are planning your family.
Many couples are attracted to vasectomy because reversal
is a possibility and, sometimes, a desire "down the road."
Most vasectomies and reversals are performed by urologists,
though anywhere from 1% to 30% are performed by family practitioners,
depending on location and region.
Cost is
an important consideration. The NSV is usually performed in a doctor's
office. The cost ranges from $400 to over a $1000 and is reimbursed
by most health insurance companies. This is considerably less than the
financial cost and recovery time required by tubal ligation.
Much of
this site will focus on the No-Scalpel Vasectomy, as it is rapidly becoming
the procedure of choice among patients. You probably have questions
and concerns about this and other birth control methods. Our hope
is that you will gain helpful information from this site on the procedures
of no-scalpel vasectomy, vasectomy reversals, and the doctors who perform
them.
A
Husband & Wife Response to VasCenters.com!
"VasCenters.com was the perfect resource
for my husband and me, because the information is important to both
men and women. Making a permanent family planning decision about vasectomy
isn't a choice you can make lightly… or alone." --
Betty and John F., patients
