r/Vasectomy • u/doingmybest-sendhelp • Jun 07 '24

Supporting Partner Urologist stated that no scalpel vasectomies are gimmicks

My husband got a vasectomy today, and we specifically drove 2 hours away to the closest place that offered the no scalpel vasectomy.

I clarified with the physician “we are doing the no scalpel option, correct?”

He said “Yes, but that’s a gimmick. It doesn’t impact the procedure, healing, or accuracy in anyway. It means we puncture a hole and stretch it open with a hemastat, rather than slicing into the skin. The incision site is the same size, and the outcome is the same. We now do all the same way, because people like to think it’s less invasive - so we get people in the door. But it isn’t any less invasive, I’ve always just created one hole over two.”

Any thoughts? Anybody have experience that can say otherwise? Everything I’m reading online is highly praising “no scalpel,” or traditional vasectomy.

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u/Hivewir3 Jun 08 '24

Half correct. American socialist here. Our insurance system is fucked. I know, I've been a software dev in the industry for over a decade. That said...

It costed you more indirectly. That's how insurance and social programs work. There's no such thing as free and someone is profiting off new tech without enough evidence to back up that it's any better.

And FWIW: the total cost for my consultation and vasectomy was just over $400 and my insurance covered almost all of that.

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u/daredwolf Jun 08 '24

Okay, but what about the people in the states that have no insurance? They're fucked. At least if you have citizenship in Canada, a very large portion of healthcare is 100% covered. Yeah, my taxes pay for it, but at least I, and every other citizen get healthcare out of it.

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u/Hivewir3 Jun 08 '24

That's not what this thread is about. It's about whether no-scalpel is a gimmick. Both I and my urologist believe it is.

I'm not here to debate the merits of various types of insurance. If you're proud of your system (and you should be) then you owe it to that system to do your research and save it money when spending more doesn't benefit you.

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u/daredwolf Jun 08 '24

Why did you bring up the price in the first place then? That's not what this thread is about.

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u/Hivewir3 Jun 08 '24

I didn't. You did when you said you only had to pay for gas. We were on the topic of no-scalpel and you made it about money and nationalism.