You are either considering or about to have a vasectomy. Patients who are informed and prepared for vasectomy can recover in less time and with less pain. This booklet will give you the general information you need. Read this booklet with care. We hope that you find this booklet a useful reference guide before, during and after your procedure. Welcome Welcome to Gentle Procedures! We thank you for your trust in us. Our mission is to deliver world-class expertise locally. We maintain the highest standards of patient care and pride ourselves in providing surgical excellence and serving as a surgical training centre for physicians around the world. In keeping with this philosophy and to ensure that you are properly prepared before your vasectomy, we have prepared this booklet, which you should read with care. Our Procedures Gentle Procedures Clinic is the largest circumcision, no-scalpel, no-needle vasectomy and frenulectomy provider in Ontario. We now offer circumcision for all ages. Our clinics are unique in that they are limited to only these three surgical procedures. Vasectomy Patient Preparation Video Guide https://vimeo.com/647457410Your driver should wait for you in the parking lot while you have your procedure.If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, the clinic reserves the right to reschedule your appointment.Please come 15 minutes before your appointment time.Appointments are carefully scheduled to reduce potential contacts Registration Items Please bring a valid health card.Please bring the credit card you used for your deposit so we can refund it.Cancellation and/or rebooking is possible up to …
You are either considering or about to have a vasectomy. Patients who are informed and prepared for vasectomy can recover in less time and with less pain. This booklet will give you the general information you need. Read this booklet with care. We hope that you find this booklet a useful reference guide before, during and after your procedure.
Welcome
Welcome to Gentle Procedures! We thank you for your trust in us. Our mission is to deliver world-class expertise locally. We maintain the highest standards of patient care and pride ourselves in providing surgical excellence and serving as a surgical training centre for physicians around the world.
In keeping with this philosophy and to ensure that you are properly prepared before your vasectomy, we have prepared this booklet, which you should read with care.
Our Procedures
Gentle Procedures Clinic is the largest circumcision, no-scalpel, no-needle vasectomy and frenulectomy provider in Ontario. We now offer circumcision for all ages. Our clinics are unique in that they are limited to only these three surgical procedures.
Vasectomy Patient Preparation Video Guide
- Your driver should wait for you in the parking lot while you have your procedure.
- If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, the clinic reserves the right to reschedule your appointment.
- Please come 15 minutes before your appointment time.
- Appointments are carefully scheduled to reduce potential contacts
Registration Items
- Please bring a valid health card.
- Please bring the credit card you used for your deposit so we can refund it.
- Cancellation and/or rebooking is possible up to 5 business days before the date of the procedure.
- Late changes will result in the loss of the deposit.
Things to Avoid Before Vasectomy
- If you enjoy alcohol on a regular basis, please stop drinking it at least 48 hours before your appointment.
- If you take prescription blood thinners, please inform your doctor and get their approval. Sometimes you may need to adjust these medications around the time of your surgery, and your doctor can help you with that.
Preparation
- Please shave the entire scrotum the day before your procedure date. Have a shower before coming to the clinic.
- It is best to have additional scrotal support for the first day or two after the vasectomy. If you have an athletic support, remove the plastic cup and pull the support over your underwear. If you don’t have support, you can invest in SAXX underwear and use it in place of the underwear/support combo. Make sure to be wearing your support to the clinic. If these options are not available, wear a second pair of underwear over the first pair.
- Using small ice packs is helpful in reducing pain and swelling when you get home. It’s best to place them underneath your support.
- You don’t have to fast before your vasectomy. At least have a good breakfast, and stay hydrated before your appointment.
- Apart from blood thinners, if you take prescription medications, you can continue them as normal before and after the procedure.
- We advise that you have another adult drive you to and from the clinic.
- It’s preferable to take 2 tablets of extra-strength Paracetamol or one tablet of Nurofen half an hour before the procedure time.
- Feel free to bring headphones if you wish to distract yourself with a mobile device in the procedure room.
After
- On the initial day of recovery, ice down the surgical site as often as possible. Wear scrotal support/supportive underwear for at least 48 hours. xTake 400mg of Nurofen every 6 hours for the next 5-7 days, as needed.
- Do not shower for 24 hours. Do not tub/pool for 72 hours. After that, do as per the normal routine.
- If you have an office job, you can return to work in about 1-2 days. If you have strenuous and physical work, you can return after about a week.
- No exercise or sexual activity for 1 week. Avoid lifting more than 20 lbs for at least 72 hours.
- Stay on birth control until you have a semen analysis test done. This occurs 4 months after the vasectomy. If your testing is good after, you can stop birth control.
