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These are rates for minor complications. The incident rate for major ones requiring post-procedure interventions is 0.1%.

• tivert 3y ago
  > These are rates for minor complications. The incident rate for major ones requiring post-procedure interventions is 0.1%. What's the difference between a "minor complication" and a "major" one? Where does "life long pain and discomfort" fall? The word "requiring" seems a bit weasely (e.g. you could survive your life-long pain without surgery, so it's not required, therefor your complication is "minor" even though it significantly decreases your quality of life).
  • ryanklee 3y ago
    It's not weaselly. The study indicates it's chronic pain that reduced QoL. Unbelievable pushback about vasectomy value prop, here. It's a crazy common procedure. If rates of complications that mattered were high enough to matter, we'd all know about it via high rates of anecdata indicating the risk.
    • 6D794163636F756 3y ago
      Vasectomies have a lower chance of serious complication than birth control but perish the thought that men should suffer to prevent pregnancy. Like, I get it, I'm a guy. It's a risk but the alternative is that you don't take a risk. But I like my odds in a vasectomy better than my partner's during pregnancy or over a lifetime of birth control
  • mcphage 3y ago
    “Life long pain and discomfort” is obviously a major complication, nobody is pretending it is not.