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Have Metal Heart Valve, Taking Warfarin. Can I Go For Versectomy, Wife Having Problem With Pills?
I am a fifty year old man I take warfarin as I have a metal heart valve from a six year ago heart operation , my wife is still fertile and been having lots of problems with birth controll , so would it be possible for me to have a versectomy as I have to take warfarin every day we are concerned about not tacking my medication or bleeding after the procedure
Tue, 6 May 2014
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Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
As long as your bleeding and clotting profile , basically INR , is within normal range, you can have a vasectomy.
You would need to stop warfarin for a few days, and would be managed accordingly.
Why cant your wife go for ESsure.
it is less invasive compared to a tubectomy and much better.
Also, she too would be peri menopausal, so you have only a few years left to desire contraceptive action.
Take care.
Thanks for writing to us with your health concern.
As long as your bleeding and clotting profile , basically INR , is within normal range, you can have a vasectomy.
You would need to stop warfarin for a few days, and would be managed accordingly.
Why cant your wife go for ESsure.
it is less invasive compared to a tubectomy and much better.
Also, she too would be peri menopausal, so you have only a few years left to desire contraceptive action.
Take care.
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