Chinese doctors develop new technique in birth control for men
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200711151124.htm

Beijing (PTI): Chinese doctors have claimed to have developed a new
birth control surgery for men as alternative to vasectomy that could
be made available to the people beginning next year.

The new technique involves making a small incision along the testicle
and placing a tiny tube, about the size of a match, which functions
as a filter that blocks the sperm, the state-run China Daily said.

"The success rate for this form of birth control is 97 per cent," Wu
Weixiong, Director of Guangzhou Family Planning Technology Centre,
said.

The patented new technique would be promoted by the health department
as soon as it receives approval by the National Food and Drug
Administration, Zhu Jiaming, Vice-president of the Guangzhou Sexology
Association said. He expects the approval by next year.

The operation lasting only 10 minutes is very difficult and requires
highly skilled doctors, he said. Only a few hospitals and staff are
equipped to handle the procedure.

The newspaper said the technique was developed after more than 1,600
clinical trials all over the country in a four-year research led by
the science and technology institute of the National Population and
Family Planning Commission and Guangzhou family planning science and
technology institute.