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- Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:22 am
- Forum: Surgical Castration
- Topic: To Burdizzo or not to Burdizzo
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9
Re: To Burdizzo or not to Burdizzo
I guess I wasn't entirely clear about my post. The technique I described is not something that I propose to do; it is what I DID a couple of years ago. I have no problem controlling sex drive because I have none - my T levels are consistently in low double digits. And, no I have no chronic pain or ...
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:27 am
- Forum: Surgical Castration
- Topic: To Burdizzo or not to Burdizzo
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9
Re: To Burdizzo or not to Burdizzo
Thanks for your thoughts. I had not considered the passing out issue, but I actually did think through the issue of tension and the risk of cutting through the cords. The choice of 30-lb test was not arbitrary - it is thin enough to clamp the cords (as verified by a test run on a piece of thin ...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:58 pm
- Forum: Surgical Castration
- Topic: To Burdizzo or not to Burdizzo
- Replies: 50
- Views: 9
Re: To Burdizzo or not to Burdizzo
I agree with Bobbie that the whole idea of opening the ball sac is a bad one. However, if, as many of the medical studies cited here suggest, successfully crushing the spermatic cords is a safe and effective means of castration, then the question merely becomes how to best cut off the blood flow ...