ABSTRACT
Background and aim: Patients may show different sexual function following vasectomy. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of vasectomy on the sexual function in men
Methods: This clinical trial study was performed, on a total of 100 patients out of 120 patients who were voluntarily candidate for vasectomy surgery in Kashani hospital in Shahrekord, Iran from September 2006 to September 2008. The sexual functions of all candidates were evaluated using an International Index of Erectile Function [IIEF] questionnaire before and three months after the surgery. Pre and postoperative mean scores were analyzed for five domains of sexual function and data were compared with Wilcoxon test
Results: The mean age of the patients was 31.5+/-10.5 and average number of children per man was 4+/-5.6. The ages, of the children were between three months to twenty years. Our results showed that total mean score of the IIEF was 58.12 before the surgery and it was significantly changed to 63.59 after the procedure [P<0.001]. In general, 43 percent of patients improved their IIEF scores, while it was reduced in 41 percent of the patients and finally 16 percent of the candidates did not show any changes in the IIEF score following surgery. We found that from 5 sexual function domains, the candidates showed statistically significant improvement in sexual satisfaction, erectile function and orgasm
Conclusion: This study showed that vasectomy can have a positive impact on sexual function, especially on sexual satisfaction, erectile function and orgasm