Although OLASCOMED is mainly known for its reproductive healthcare services for women, it has also been providing services for men for many years. Vasectomy is performed at a number of OLASCOMED clinics.
We have also recently launched an online sexual health clinic, providing a range of tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections, as well as treatment for erectile dysfunction.
On this site, you will also find useful information to advise you and your partner about reproductive health, pregnancy and abortion.
More about our services Vasectomy Vasectomy is a safe and effective form of contraception for men. But it is permanent, so you should only consider it if you are sure you never want children or you and your partner do not want any more children. This is a decision that should not be taken lightly.
OLASCOMED are specialists in providing vasectomy from a number of our clinics, including a number that offer the non scalpel technique.
Vasectomy Reversal Vasectomy has become increasingly popular as an effective and permanent form of contraception. Most men who have chosen it value the freedom from artificial forms of contraception and the fear of unplanned pregnancy.
However, some men do come to regret the operation – usually because they have a new partner or do decide that they want more children with their current partner.
Vasectomy reversal involves an operation to reconstruct the vas (the small tubes that carry sperm) and if successful it may restore your fertility. But there is no guarantee of this success. Sometimes the healing process of the operation will block the vas. The chances of rejoining the tubes is around 80%, but the ultimate success rate of pregnancy after the operation is only 55% when the procedure is done within 10 years of the vasectomy, and 25% if it is more than 10 years since your vasectomy.
Biological consideration Sperm are produced in the male sex gland or testicle. From there they travel through tubes (efferent tubules), exit the testes and enter a “storage site” orepididymis. The epididymis is a single, 18-foot-long (5.5 m), tightly coiled, small tube, within which sperm mature to the point where they can move, swim and fertilize eggs. Testicular sperm are not able to fertilize eggs naturally (but can if they are injected directly into the egg in the laboratory), as the ability to fertilize eggs is developed slowly over several months of storage in the epididymis. From the epididymis, a 14-inch, 3 mm-thick muscular tube called the vas deferens carries the sperm to the urethra near the base of the penis. The urethra then carries the sperm through the penis during ejaculation. A vasectomy interrupts sperm flow within the vas deferens. After a vasectomy, the testes still make sperm, but because the exit is blocked, the sperm die and eventually are reabsorbed by the body. A problem in the delicate tubes of epididymis can develop over time after vasectomy.The longer the time since the vasectomy, the greater the “back-pressure” behind the vasectomy. This “back-pressure” may cause a “blowout” in the delicate epididymal tubule, the weakest point in the system. The blowout may or may not cause symptoms, but will probably scar the epididymal tubule, thus blocking sperm flow at second point. To summarize, with time, a man with a vasectomy can develop a second obstruction deeper in the reproductive tract that can make the vasectomy more difficult to reverse. Having the skill to detect and fix this problem during vasectomy reversal is the essence of a skilled surgeon. If the surgeon simply reconnects the two freshened ends of the vas deferens without examining for a second, deeper obstruction, then the procedure can fail, as sperm-containing fluids are still unable to flow to the place of the connection. In this case, the vas deferens must be connected to the epididymis in front of the second blockage, to bypass both blockages and allow the sperm to reenter the urethra in the ejaculate. Since the epididymal tubule is much smaller (0.3 mm diameter) than the vas deferens (3 mm diameter, 10-fold larger), epididymal surgery is far more complicated and precise than the simple vas deferens-to-vas deferens connection.
Men
Although OLASCOMED is mainly known for its reproductive healthcare services for women, it has also been providing services for men for many years. Vasectomy is performed at a number of OLASCOMED clinics.
We have also recently launched an online sexual health clinic, providing a range of tests and treatments for sexually transmitted infections, as well as treatment for erectile dysfunction.
On this site, you will also find useful information to advise you and your partner about reproductive health, pregnancy and abortion.
More about our services Vasectomy Vasectomy is a safe and effective form of contraception for men. But it is permanent, so you should only consider it if you are sure you never want children or you and your partner do not want any more children. This is a decision that should not be taken lightly.
OLASCOMED are specialists in providing vasectomy from a number of our clinics, including a number that offer the non scalpel technique.
Vasectomy Reversal Vasectomy has become increasingly popular as an effective and permanent form of contraception. Most men who have chosen it value the freedom from artificial forms of contraception and the fear of unplanned pregnancy.
However, some men do come to regret the operation – usually because they have a new partner or do decide that they want more children with their current partner.
Vasectomy reversal involves an operation to reconstruct the vas (the small tubes that carry sperm) and if successful it may restore your fertility. But there is no guarantee of this success. Sometimes the healing process of the operation will block the vas. The chances of rejoining the tubes is around 80%, but the ultimate success rate of pregnancy after the operation is only 55% when the procedure is done within 10 years of the vasectomy, and 25% if it is more than 10 years since your vasectomy.
Biological consideration Sperm are produced in the male sex gland or testicle. From there they travel through tubes (efferent tubules), exit the testes and enter a “storage site” orepididymis. The epididymis is a single, 18-foot-long (5.5 m), tightly coiled, small tube, within which sperm mature to the point where they can move, swim and fertilize eggs. Testicular sperm are not able to fertilize eggs naturally (but can if they are injected directly into the egg in the laboratory), as the ability to fertilize eggs is developed slowly over several months of storage in the epididymis. From the epididymis, a 14-inch, 3 mm-thick muscular tube called the vas deferens carries the sperm to the urethra near the base of the penis. The urethra then carries the sperm through the penis during ejaculation. A vasectomy interrupts sperm flow within the vas deferens. After a vasectomy, the testes still make sperm, but because the exit is blocked, the sperm die and eventually are reabsorbed by the body. A problem in the delicate tubes of epididymis can develop over time after vasectomy.The longer the time since the vasectomy, the greater the “back-pressure” behind the vasectomy. This “back-pressure” may cause a “blowout” in the delicate epididymal tubule, the weakest point in the system. The blowout may or may not cause symptoms, but will probably scar the epididymal tubule, thus blocking sperm flow at second point. To summarize, with time, a man with a vasectomy can develop a second obstruction deeper in the reproductive tract that can make the vasectomy more difficult to reverse. Having the skill to detect and fix this problem during vasectomy reversal is the essence of a skilled surgeon. If the surgeon simply reconnects the two freshened ends of the vas deferens without examining for a second, deeper obstruction, then the procedure can fail, as sperm-containing fluids are still unable to flow to the place of the connection. In this case, the vas deferens must be connected to the epididymis in front of the second blockage, to bypass both blockages and allow the sperm to reenter the urethra in the ejaculate. Since the epididymal tubule is much smaller (0.3 mm diameter) than the vas deferens (3 mm diameter, 10-fold larger), epididymal surgery is far more complicated and precise than the simple vas deferens-to-vas deferens connection.