Introduction of non-scalpel vasectomy at the Mexican Social Security Institute

Martinez-Manautou, J.; Hernández, D.; Alarcón, F.; Correu, S.

Advances in contraception the official journal of the Society for the Advancement of Contraception 7(2-3): 193-201

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0267-4874
PMID: 1950718
DOI: 10.1007/bf01849410
Document Number: 306504
Since government approval of the Mexican Family Planning Program in 1977, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has been one of the major family planning service providers in Mexico. No-scalpel vasectomy, a refined surgical vasectomy technique developed and widely used in China, has been introduced in 20 countries, including Mexico. This paper will describe the experience of the IMSS in introducing the no-scalpel vasectomy technique into its service delivery system, and will review the clinical and programmatic experience, and the impact of no-scalpel vasectomy on client and provider attitudes toward vasectomy.

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Introduction of non-scalpel vasectomy at the Mexican Social Security Institute