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No-Scalpel Vasectomy No-Scalpel Vasectomy can be done in the doctor's office. No knife is needed. Using a special no-needle 'freezing' technique called jet injection, the doctor numbs the area. This method of local anesthesia, or freezing, works with air pressure and does not require a needle. The sensation is like a little pop, not unlike a small rubber band against the skin. A tiny hole is made with a special instrument and stretched open just enough to lift out the tube (vas deferens) on each side. The vas is cut and both ends are cauterized and placed as far from one another as possible. The skin is glued together with surgical glue and so no foreign bodies are used or placed in the body. The testicles continue to produce sperm for the rest of your life. After a vasectomy, however, the sperm are broken down and reabsorbed by the body.
The surgery itself takes about 5-10 minutes. Add another 5 minutes for the sterile preparation and you are in and out of the 'operating' room in about 15 minutes (of course the doctor will keep you for 15 minutes afterwards before letting you leave). The risks of bleeding and infection, the most common complications of vasectomy, are much less than with conventional vasectomy. The anaesthetic (freezing) technique causes less discomfort because a needle is not necessary and the numbing effect with jet injection is more profound. Recovery time is usually faster and less painful because the procedure itself is less traumatic. The information on this page is reproduced by kind permission of Dr. Ronald S. Weiss. Dr. Marc Iseri, a board certified urologist, is one of only two doctors on the west coast to offer the ground-breaking no needle no scalpel vasectomy procedure. Read more: Breakthrough No-Needle, No-Scalpel Vasectomy Now Available in the Treasure Valley
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