title: A new look at male sterilisation (no-scalpel vasectomy) in Orissa.
abstract: The author looks into the comparatively newly introduced procedure of 'no-scalpal vasectomy' as it is practiced in Orissa, compares it with the conventional vasectomy and other methods of sterilisation in terms of advantages and gives the outline of the NSV procedure along with postoperative advice in a brief manner.
authors.affiliation: IMA Bhubaneswar Branch, Orissa.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Patnaik
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D011155:Population Control; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D014659:Vasectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*