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Vasectomy
Sterilization (vasectomy) is a minor surgical procedure to cut and turn off the vas deferens (vas deferens). The procedure takes about 30 minutes, the procedure usually causes few complications and no worsening of sexual function. Vasectomy is performed about 500,000 per year in the United States. A vasectomy is less invasive than a sterilization surgery in women. An increasing number of couples choosing vasectomy as a permanent birth control.
The male reproductive system
To understand what a sterilization (vasectomy) is needed to understand the male reproductive system and how it works. The testes are located in a bag in the penis called the scrotum. Each testicle is connected to a thin coiled tube, epididymis (epididymis), where sperm are stored and mature in 6 weeks. Epididymis is related to the prostate gland with a pair of tubes called the vas deferens. Vas deferens is part of a larger bundle of tissue containing blood vessels and nerves and lymphatic vessels, known funikel. Read the rest of this entry »