Doctor\u2019s offices are full<\/strong><\/p>\n“I’m doing them every 15 minutes tomorrow with no holes. It usually won’t be that full,” Dr. J. Stephen Jones, chairman of the department of regional urology at Cleveland Clinic, said in USA Today.<\/p>\n
He said he noticed a couple years ago that vasectomies increased up to 50% during the NCAA basketball tournament.<\/p>\n
This trend was first reported in 2008, when a clinic in Oregon publicized its \u201cSnip City\u201d March Madness event.<\/p>\n
Men say it\u2019s the best time for the procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI wasn\u2019t thrilled about having this procedure to begin with,\u201d one man, who didn\u2019t want to be identified, said. \u201cBut at least I get to recover in front of the television and watch as many games as I want without my wife complaining about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The marketing scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n
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The brackets are filled out. The pizza is ordered. And people are already planning how they\u2019ll spend their winnings from the bracket pool at work.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/13.jpg\")
Some people believe \u201cVasectomy Madness\u201d is nothing more than a marketing tactic, but it seems some doctors are buying into it. According to USA Today, a urology practice in Richmond, Virgina, grabbed the URL vasectomymadness.com and is promoting the ability to “spend three days on the couch watching hoops.” Other urologists in Springfield, Oregon Austin, Texas, and Longview, Washington are among those are seizing the marketing opportunity and offering appointments for men that want to capitalize on the recovery time.<\/p>\n