No-Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) is a simple, gentle and elegant office procedure that many studies show has significant advantages over conventional vasectomies. NSV is comparatively faster, has a swifter recovery time, is safer (one eighth the rate of bleeding and infection) and can be virtually pain free.

NSV was developed in China in 1974 by Dr. Li Shunqiang. By 1985, an international team made of members from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Access to Voluntary and Safe Contraception (AVSC), formerly the Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception, were visiting China to study alternative vasectomy procedures including NSV.

In 1988, after careful observation and review of the NSV procedure, they decided to introduce the technique to North America. Since then, over 1,000,000 no-scalpel vasectomies have been performed in North America and nearly 20,000,000 in China, and the numbers around the world are growing.

With this new approach there is no knife, no cutting incision and no stitches. Men who have undergone no-scalpel vasectomy express amazement at the minimal physical discomfort they experienced both during the procedure and during recovery.

Men who were previously not considering vasectomy because they feared the scalpel can now feel comfortable, relaxed and confident with this simple procedure.

See Diagram illustration of nsv and The no-scalpel vasectomy procedure.

Vasectomy Doctors Experience Wins

Although numerous studies show a lower complication rate for no-scalpel vasectomy when compared to conventional vasectomies, there is no substitute for experience. Many highly experienced physicians doing conventional vasectomy obtain far better results with lower complication rates than those inexperienced physicians doing no-scalpel vasectomy. This is why no matter what approach you may choose, you will always want to get answers to the following key questions regarding your physician's level of experience. The number of procedures your doctor does per year. The total number he has done in his career to date. The complication rate your doctor has experienced performing the procedure, i.e., the rate of infection in his patients, the rate of major bleeding, the rate of procedure failure. Keep in mind that a vasectomy done by either method in experienced hands is a simple and safe procedure that is better than 99% effective as a male birth control method.

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