Vasectomy: the Toulouse University Hospital has implemented a new technique

Patrick, 57, has thought carefully his vasectomy. Patrick wants to take responsibility for contraception in his couple.

21,27 vasectomies were performed in 2021, compared to only 3,743 in 2015. The profile of these men is often a man who is already a parent, who finds a new life as a couple, with a partner, who is also already a parent. (source 1)

The procedure for resorting to a vasectomy is quite long and very framed : the law provides two consultations four months apart, where during the first consultation, the risks and consequences of the act are explained. Since September, the Toulouse University Hospital has implemented a vasectomy technique without a scalpel and under local anesthesiaunlike before when the act of vasectomy was performed under general anesthesia and where…