From the makers of one-child-per-family policy, a new male birth control method that could mean that vasectomy is a thing of the past.
Because of the complications associated with hormonal contraceptive use among women, and the lower efficacy of barrier methods, family planning experts are constantly seeking out new possibilities for highly effective birth control. Women's health lobbies are pushing for male-based methods, in order to share the burden, but since the male pill is slow in development, other ideas need to be pursued.
One of the great advantages of China's disreputed aggressive family planning policy is the motivation it provides to provide a better range and quality of birth control options. And now they have something on offer.
Doctors at the Family Planning Technology Centre in Guangzhou, China, plan to have the latest development in contraception available to the public by 2008. Tube surgery is a male-based method that will join a not too long list of male-based contraceptive methods that today includes vasectomy and condoms.
The tube surgery procedure involved making a tiny cut in the testicles and placing a tube in the channel that carries semen towards the penis. So this does not kill the sperm, making a man feel neutered, but filters the sperm from the semen. It's that simple. Tests have shown that the method is 97% effective and the procedure has already been patented.
The surgery needs to be performed by specialists, which will push up its price until a lot of experienced is gained, but on the other hand, it has many more advantages than the existing long-term male option - vasectomy. It takes just 10 minutes and is done under sedation. Most important, tube surgery is reversible, which is probably the chief reason that many men eliminate "the big V" as an option.
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