Most people have heard of vasectomy, but few are clear about what kind of surgical treatment it is and what its basic principle is. Today, let’s analyze the following for everyone, whether men or women, everyone should have a certain understanding.

Literally, ‘vasectomy,’ refers to the surgical procedure of ligating some pipelines in the body or plant (such as blood vessels, seminal vesicles, bilateral fallopian tubes, etc.) using sheep intestines or other materials. ‘Vasectomy’ is often specifically referred to as the surgical sterilization procedure for the vas deferens or the female sterilization procedure. Vasectomy is an irreversible contraceptive measure at the initial stage, but modern science has been able to perform seminal vesicle anastomosis and fallopian tube anastomosis. Vasectomy is divided into male and female types.

Male vasectomy: by surgery, the transportation passage of male sperm is blocked, causing the sperm to accumulate at the tail end of the testicle and then to be vaporized and absorbed.

Female sterilization surgery: by surgery, the bilateral fallopian tubes are cut and ligated, and after ligation, the sperm and egg cannot meet, achieving the goal of permanent contraception.

Sterilization surgery can ensure the completion of contraception with a high probability, and has the advantages of small incision, small tissue damage, simple operation, safety, and convenience.

In general, sterilization surgery is a sterilization method, which uses specially made threads to ligate the ruptured blood vessels in surgery to prevent bleeding, or to ligate the vas deferens and bilateral fallopian tubes to make the lumen unobstructed, thereby achieving the effect of contraception and family planning.

How significant is the impact of sterilization surgery on men and women?

The impact of sterilization surgery on men:

1. In fact, the sterilization surgery only cuts off the safe passage for the convergence of oocytes and sperm in the bilateral fallopian tubes, which is a minimally invasive surgery and may cause mild pain, wound infection, and other problems, but it will not damage or affect the physiological function of the human body. Male sterilization is currently the best method of contraception, which is safe and does not harm the body of either party, and can also promote affection. Vasectomy is a type of sterilization surgery. This surgical treatment is simple, safe, and as long as it strictly follows the principles and technical specifications of aseptic operation and surgical techniques, and is carried out carefully, complications are very rare; if they occur, timely treatment and appropriate treatment can also be properly handled.

Generally, if the incision is healed, it can be restored to sexual activity between couples, and this surgical treatment has no effect on the couple’s sexual life. On the contrary, because there is no fear of pregnancy, it can make the couple’s sexual life more harmonious and happy.

The impact of sterilization surgery on women:

Since the uterus and ovaries, as well as the uterus, affect menstruation and menopause in women, the sterilization surgery for women only cuts off the fallopian tubes bilaterally, leaving the uterus and ovaries intact. Therefore, there is still an ovulation period every month, and the menstrual period still occurs, which will not lead to menopause or affect the amount of menstruation, nor will there be an early menopause.

It is unnecessary to worry about whether the sterilization surgery will affect one’s mindset or weight, as the surgical treatment does not affect the function of the ovaries, which can normally metabolize female hormones, thus not easily affecting one’s mindset or weight. In fact, sterilization surgery also has some additional benefits. More and more scientific research shows that it may reduce the chance of ovarian cancer, possibly due to the change of some androgen levels by the surgical treatment, or the reduction of the chance of the uterus and ovaries contacting carcinogenic substances through blood blockage. However, there may be a few cases where anxiety and tension may affect one’s mindset. Generally speaking, if one releases stress and maintains a positive and optimistic attitude, it is unlikely to produce such conditions.