VasectomyPain.Org

This site is a fully referenced, physician written resource about post-vasectomy pain. Chronic pain after vasectomy is the most common vasectomy side effect that can affect quality of life.

This website was created for three purposes:

1. To inform men and their partners of the risk of chronic genital pain after vasectomy and provide information about potential effects of this pain on quality of life and sexual function after vasectomy.
2. To offer information about treatment options for post-vasectomy pain and other support resources for sufferers of post-vasectomy complications. (Our support group is here: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/VasectomyPain/
3. To provide access to information about post-vasectomy pain and other vasectomy side effects from the medical literature and provide direct links to medical journal articles and vasectomy information websites.

How can this site help?

If you develop significant pain symptoms after vasectomy, you may encounter some difficulty getting adequate treatment as the most severe forms of this problem are not common (around 2 to 6% of post-vasectomy patients). Few physicians are using a standard treatment protocol for this known post-operative complication of vasectomy. If you have post-vasectomy pain, seek out a physician with experience in this area if possible. Read the information on this site and review the links which augment the  information on this site. Please review the legal disclaimer before using this site.

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The website of the American Urological Association has a vasectomy information document available for patients here: Click this link to read the AUA vasectomy primer.

Post-vasectomy pain is mentioned in this AUA document as follows:

 “Post-vasectomy pain syndrome is a chronic pain syndrome that follows vasectomy. The cause of this syndrome and its incidence are unclear. It is generally treated with anti-inflammatory agents. Occasionally, patients will elect to undergo vasectomy reversal in an attempt to alleviate this syndrome. Unfortunately, the response to surgical intervention is unpredictable.” It goes on to say that ejaculation and orgasm are not affected by vasectomy with this caveat, “The only exception to this is the occasional patient who has developed post-vasectomy pain syndrome.”