Minimally Invasive Vasectomy Raleigh North Carolina
Minimally Invasive Vasectomy Raleigh North Carolina
What is minimally invasive vasectomy?
The doctors of His Choice Raleigh vasectomy specialize in single visit, minimally invasive no scalpel vasectomy. This is one of the safest vasectomy procedures with the lowest risk of failure.
When you have your vasectomy you want it to be two things:
- Safe
- Low or no risk of failure
If you want safe and effective then you need to make sure you only go with a minimally invasive procedure. Trust us, you do not want to have any other type of vasectomy.
Minimally invasive not only sounds good, but this is the best procedure with the lowest risk of having a complication.
Many people are familiar with vasectomy, but most are not aware there are two main types of vasectomy.
Two types of vasectomy procedures
The two main types of vasectomy are:
- Incisional vasectomy
- Minimally invasive no-scalpel vasectomy
These categories describe the very beginning of the vasectomy procedure. This is how the doctor gets through the skin of the scrotum.
The above categories do not describe how the vas deferens tubes are closed to prevent pregnancy.
Getting through the scrotal skin. How a doctor gets through the scrotal skin significantly influence the risks of vasectomy complications during the procedure or recovery.
Blocking the vas deferens tubes. How a doctor blocks the vas deferens tubes significantly influences the chance of vasectomy failure.
Incisional vasectomy: Your grandfather's vasectomy
Incisional vasectomy involves, yeah you guessed it, a knife!
Usually two slits are made on each side of the scrotum. This description does not leave much to the imagination.
In the medical literature, incisional vasectomy is sometimes referred to as conventional vasectomy. Amongst members of the public, incisional vasectomy is also known as ‘traditional vasectomy’.
In common vernacular, ‘traditional’ usually means “old”. Although old does not always mean bad, the word old is usually something you want to stay away from when having a surgical procedure.
Incision vasectomy is performed using a scalpel to make a small (hopefully) incision on each side of the the scrotum. The incisions are usually 1 to 2 inches long and general surgical instruments (not vasectomy instruments) are used.
The incisional vasectomy technique usually results in larger skin incisions. Since the skin incisions are larger and damage the structural integrity of the skin, the incisions have to be closed with sutures.
Your chances of having problems are higher with conventional vasectomy than compared with minimally invasive vasectomy.
Minimally invasive vasectomy
Minimally invasive vasectomy means the vasectomy is being performed through the smallest skin opening possible to safely perform the procedure. Usually only a single skin opening is made in the middle of the scrotum.
No-scalpel vasectomy is a minimally invasive vasectomy procedure that uses specially designed instruments to make smaller sized openings in the scrotal skin.
The no-scalpel opening is usually less than 1/4 of an inch and skin sutures are not required to close the smaller incision. Two special instruments (vas ring clamp and vas dissector) are essential to performing no-scalpel vasectomy.
During the no scalpel procedure a small instrument is used to poke a small hole in the scrotal skin in the middle of the scrotum. The skin hole is enlarged by spreading the opening and stretching it open.
Technically, no scalpel vasectomy only refers to how the opening is made in the scrotal skin. The term ‘no scalpel’ does not tell you anything about the procedure used to cause permanent blockage of the tubes.
Incisional and minimally invasive: Important point
The terms ‘incisional’ and ‘minimally invasive’ only describe how the doctor gets through the scrotal skin to perform the actual vasectomy procedure.
These terms do not describe what is done on the inside of the scrotum to permanently prevent pregnancy.
Why is understanding the difference important?
Both terms (incision and minimally invasive) do not describe the actual procedure used to block the tubes to prevent pregnancy. These terms only describe how the vasectomy procedure is started. They describe how the skin is opened.
- Incisional means larger openings and usually more than one
- Minimally invasive means smaller openings and usually only one
Incisional vasectomy results in larger skin openings and greater damage to the scrotal skin requiring sutures to close the skin incisions.
Minimally invasive vasectomy results in smaller skin opening(s), less damage to skin, and faster recovery. Skin sutures are not usually required.
Medical studies have consistently shown patients who have minimally invasive, no scalpel vasectomy have less complications and a better recovery.
Which vasectomy technique is better?
Minimally invasive no scalpel vasectomy is a much safer vasectomy procedure with less side effects than incisional vasectomy.
The best medical studies have shown that patients who have minimally invasive, no scalpel vasectomy have less pain after their vasectomy, lower rates of infection, and lower chance of having serious bleeding or a scrotal hematoma.
The American Urological Association published their 2026 vasectomy recommendations and strongly recommended doctors only provide minimally invasive, no scalpel vasectomy.
Surgeons should isolate and expose the vas deferens for vasectomy using a minimally invasive approach such as the no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) technique. (Moderate Recommendation; Evidence Level: Grade A)
Why would anyone want anything other than minimally invasive, no-scalpel vasectomy?
His Choice Raleigh vasectomy: Providing the best vasectomy procedure
With His Choice Raleigh vasectomy you are only going to be provided with the most modern vasectomy techniques.
Patients often recount vivid memories of their fathers or grandfathers reclining on the couch with large bags of ice after having a traditional vasectomy procedure.
You wont have to sit around with bags of ice after having a procedure with His Choice Raleigh vasectomy.
More information: His Choice Raleigh vasectomy
When you have a minimally, invasive vasectomy with His Choice Raleigh vasectomy, you can be reassured you are getting one of the safest procedures around with the lowest risks of complications.
Although any vasectomy can result in a complication, many of these horror stories were the result of complications from older incisional, scalpel vasectomy procedures.
No-scalpel vasectomy was developed in China in the 1970’s and was brought to the United States in the 1980’s. Initially slow to be accepted, no-scalpel vasectomy has become increasingly popular because of the lower risk of complications. Unfortunately, there are doctors who continue to provide incisional vasectomy.
We recommend you avoid incisional, scalpel vasectomy at all cost and only sign up for the minimally invasive, no scalpel procedure.
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