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2013 UNHCR regional operations profile - Northern, Western, Central and Southern Europe
Working environment
The operational subregion, covering 36 countries in Northern, Western, Central and Southern Europe, remained a major region of asylum in 2012. Twenty-seven of the countries are members of the European Union (EU) and are working to implement a Common European Asylum System. Other countries in the region have followed this process closely and are harmonizing their systems with that of the European Union. Nevertheless, variations in refugee protection systems abound, and while some countries may receive only a few asylum applications in a year, others register close to 50,000.
The year 2011 marked the first increase in asylum-seeker numbers in several years, a trend which continued through the first six months of 2012. The top two receiving countries remain France and Germany, followed closely by Sweden, which has taken over third place from Italy.
The crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) has led to significantly increased asylum applications by Syrians, most of them in Germany and Sweden. Other major countries of origin are Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Serbia, Somalia, and the Russian Federation. The subregion hosts a large number of refugees, and several countries have established resettlement programmes.
Migration and refugee movements to Europe from Afghanistan, Iraq, North Africa and Somalia continue to pose challenges for UNHCR as it seeks to ensure that border controls are protection-sensitive and national asylum systems are in line with international norms. Ensuring access to fair and efficient asylum systems is therefore at the centre of UNHCR's activities in the region. Other priorities are to persuade States to reduce the use of detention, provide support to unaccompanied and separated children and raise awareness of gender issues in protection.
UNHCR works closely with European States, EU institutions and other stakeholders to support the operation of national asylum systems and develop other protection responses based on solidarity and responsibility-sharing. It provided input to the development of the Common European Asylum System in 2012, including reform of legislation and reinforcement of practical cooperation on asylum, among other policy areas.
Economic difficulties have cut into the availability of State services for the integration of refugees. UNHCR also remains concerned about incidents of racism and xenophobia directed at refugees. It is exploring new ways to address these problems by reaching out to new partners and raising the awareness of the general public about the plight of the displaced.
Strategy in 2013
UNHCR's offices in the countries of the subregion are coordinated by regional offices in Brussels, Budapest, Rome and Stockholm, as well as a stand-alone country office in Spain. UNHCR's liaison offices work with the OSCE in Vienna, the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in Malta and the EU external border agency, Frontex, based in Warsaw.
Partnerships will remain at the core of UNHCR's work as it advocates for fair asylum procedures, as well as support for the integration of refugees and access to employment and housing for all people of concern. UNHCR also works with NGOs to promote dialogue between Governments and diverse groups of refugees in aid of national asylum policy development. In its drive to assist countries in the subregion to raise their protection standards, it will offer advice on best practice, comment on legal instruments and engage with national and regional courts.
A difficult economic situation and the growth of negative attitudes towards foreigners have prompted stricter policies towards asylum in some areas. Popular support for restrictive policies undermines political support for efforts to establish more equitable responsibility-sharing mechanisms and solidarity with countries beyond the subregion.
Safeguarding international protection space and building effective asylum systems
Following the amendment of EU asylum laws, in 2013 UNHCR will give priority to working with national authorities and European institutions to ensure protection-oriented implementation of the changes. UNHCR's efforts to ensure quality decision making will aim not only at the correct application of legal standards, but also at ensuring age- and gender-appropriate procedures.
UNHCR will continue its direct involvement in the asylum procedure in France, Greece, Italy and Spain. Support for the Greek asylum reform process, including the new Asylum Service, will be strengthened.
Continued reliance on the Dublin II Regulation to determine the State responsible for assessing an asylum claim, as well as the use of readmission agreements with countries outside the Schengen and Dublin II countries, raises questions about whether acceptable protection standards are being met in all countries concerned.
UNHCR will continue to monitor different aspects of national asylum systems. Along with the monitoring of reception conditions, this work will focus on victims of trafficking, durable solutions and advocacy to limit the use of detention with regard to applicants for international protection.
Standard operational procedures to address sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) will be developed and implemented in Central European countries as well as in Austria and Malta. UNHCR will assist in the development of national strategies to counter trafficking and promote the establishment of referral mechanisms for victims.
Based on a 2012 survey of public attitudes, UNHCR will develop training in order to communicate its concerns to the wider public in the region. Many of the initiatives in this area will be aimed at young people in particular.
Access to territorial protection and fair asylum procedures, including at borders
To ensure protection-sensitive border management and prevent arbitrary detention, UNHCR will work closely with Governments and Frontex. It will also develop training materials on international protection and asylum for EU border guards, as well as monitoring border procedures. UNHCR will promote alternatives to detention and advocate that this be used only as a measure of last resort.
Based on new EU standards for the reception of asylum-seekers, the Office will monitor national laws and practices to ensure their satisfactory implementation. Best practices will be identified in relation to unaccompanied or separated children, for whom new UNHCR guidelines on best interest determinations will be issued.
The subregion has experienced an increase in applications from asylum-seekers from South-Eastern European countries, many of Roma origin. UNHCR will review country practices and support ongoing efforts for Roma inclusion in Europe.
UNHCR will work with Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain to follow up on their 2011 pledges to accede to one or both of the Statelessness Conventions. Studies on existing gaps in legislation or practices to address statelessness have been carried out in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Additional studies are being undertaken in the Baltic and Nordic countries, as well as in Malta, the Slovakia and Slovenia. A conference on statelessness will be organized for the Nordic and Baltic States in early 2013.
Promoting durable solutions
The integration of refugees remains difficult in many countries. UNHCR will finalize an EU-funded integration project in eight European countries: Austria, Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. The project will build integration capacity at both national and local levels as well as gauge the level of refugee integration.
Family reunification, local capacity to support integration, identification of best practices and prevention and monitoring of hate crimes will be areas of intense focus in UNHCR's work. In Cyprus and Malta, direct support for integration efforts will receive priority.
UNHCR and its partners have set the ambitious target of 20,000 refugees resettled in the region by 2020. UNHCR will continue to help EU institutions to implement the Joint European Resettlement Programme. The Emergency Transit Centres in Romania and Slovakia will receive additional funding and upgrades as they play an important role in providing a safe haven for resettled refugees.
Mobilizing resources and support for UNHCR's work worldwide
The contributions of EU and other States in the subregion represent a vital source of funds for UNHCR and contribute to support the other regions hosting the majority of the world's displaced. This support will be critically important in 2013 and beyond. UNHCR will work with concerned States and institutions to identify major needs and develop responses aimed at achieving maximum impact.
Financial information
The budget for the subregion shows a 4.6 per cent increase between 2012-2013, from USD 54.3 million to USD 56.9 million. This is mainly due to intensified support for efforts to reform the asylum system in Greece. Elsewhere in the subregion budgets are either stable or have been cut. Nearly 93 per cent of the 2013 budget is allocated for refugees and asylum-seekers, with the remaining 7 per cent for stateless people.
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Operation | 2012 REVISED BUDGET (as of 30 June 2012) |
2013 | ||
Total | 54,305,180 | 52,786,061 | 4,112,091 | 56,898,152 |
1. Includes activities in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Liaison Office in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. 2. Includes activities in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. 3. Includes activities in Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Malta. 4. Includes activities in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. |
Belgium Regional Office[1] | 15,291,335 | 12,667,947 | 1,710,838 | 14,378,785 |
Hungary Regional Office[2] | 11,143,005 | 9,903,173 | 1,389,143 | 11,292,316 |
Italy Regional Office[3] | 18,958,690 | 21,016,381 | 210,702 | 21,227,083 |
Spain | 1,520,606 | 1,430,778 | 28,343 | 1,459,121 |
Sweden Regional Office[4] | 2,786,892 | 2,600,465 | 773,066 | 3,373,531 |
Regional activities | 4,604,653 | 5,167,316 | 0 | 5,167,316 |
Source: UNHCR Global Appeal 2013 Update
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Street Address | Wallstrasse 9-13 10179 Berlin Germany |
Mailing Address | Wallstrasse 9-13 10179 Berlin Germany |
Telephone | +49 30 202 202-0 | ||||||||||||||
Facsimile | +49 30 202 202-20 | ||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.unhcr.de | ||||||||||||||
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Public Holidays | 3 January 2011, New Year 22 April 2011, Good Friday 25 April 2011, Easter Monday 2 June 2011, Ascension 13 June 2011, Pentecost 30 August 2011, Eid Al-Fitr 3 October 2011, German Unity Day 31 October 2011, Reformation Day 7 November 2011 Eid Al-Adha 26 December 2011 Christmas Day |
Comments | Countries covered: Germany (Berlin and Nuremberg) and Austria. |
The UNHCR Sub-Office at Nürnberg | |||||||||||||||
Style of Address | The UNHCR Head of Sub-Office at Nürnberg | ||||||||||||||
Street Address | Frankenstr. 210 90461 Nurnberg Germany |
Mailing Address | Frankenstr. 210 90461 Nurnberg Germany |
Telephone | +49 911 44 21 00 | ||||||||||||||
Facsimile | +49 911 44 21 80 | ||||||||||||||
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Public Holidays | 3 January 2011, New Year 22 April 2011, Good Friday 25 April 2011, Easter Monday 2 June 2011, Ascension 13 June 2011, Pentecost 30 August 2011, Eid Al-Fitr 3 October 2011, German Unity Day 31 October 2011, Reformation Day 7 November 2011 Eid Al-Adha 26 December 2011 Christmas Day |
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Sen. John McCain fired away at Cabinet nominee Chuck Hagel during his confirmation hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, repeatedly interrupting his old friend and accusing him of refusing to answer direct questions.
The sharp exchange marked a years-long falling out between two long-time friends and colleagues. Thirteen years ago, McCain, then a presidential candidate, named Chuck Hagel as a man he'd like to see run the Defense Department.
But more than a decade later, McCain relentlessly tore into that same man, now a former Nebraska senator and nominated to that very post by McCain rival President Barack Obama.
"Let the record show that he refused to answer that question," McCain said during the markedly heated back-and-forth.
McCain's question -- about whether Hagel repudiated his opposition to the 2007 troop surge in Iraq -- was the origin of a deep policy split between the former allies.
In 2007 Hagel called the George W. Bush administration's surge proposal "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam," while McCain threw his support behind the move - which is now widely considered to have been a success.
In his 2008 presidential battle against McCain, then-Senator Barack Obama reversed his position on the surge, acknowledging it had achieved its objectives.
On Thursday, McCain pushed Hagel to reconsider his position.
"The Committee deserves your judgment as to whether you were right or wrong about the surge," McCain said. "Are you going to answer the question, Senator Hagel? The question is were you right or wrong. That's a pretty straightforward question. I would like to answer it with whether you were right or wrong and then you are free to elaborate."
Hagel would not answer yes or no, but instead offered to explain what he said was a nuanced position.
"Well, I'm not gonna give you a yes or no," he said. "I think it's far more complicated than that and as I've already said, my answer is I'll defer that judgment to history."
McCain offered a stern rebuke.
"I think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you're on the wrong side of it and your refusal to answer whether you were right or wrong about it, it's going to have an impact on my judgment as to whether to vote for your confirmation or not," McCain said. "I hope you will reconsider the fact that you refused to answer a fundamental question about an issue that took the lives of thousands of young Americans."
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Sen. Robert Menendez has labeled as false a number of claims by unidentified accusers who, he says, are "trying to defame" him with accusations that he improperly used his office by accepting unreported plane flights, advocating on Capitol Hill on behalf of a business and intervening in a Medicare billing inquiry.
"It's the last time I am going to say this - the last time. Anonymous people without faces, without names can make accusations and the press can ask these questions," the New Jersey Democrat told the television network Univision.
"Those are false accusations, and they are trying to defame me, and are completely, not only absurd, but completely false."
The claims first appeared shortly before the November 2012 election on a conservative website, and resurfaced this year after he paid nearly $58,500 for two plane flights in 2010 which he had not previously paid for or reported as gifts, as is required of senators. The flights went unpaid for, he said, because of his busy schedule.
He has denied wrongdoing relating to a number of the claims, including in an exclusive television interview on Monday with CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash. "The bottom line is all those smears are absolutely false," he said, describing claims that he had partied with prostitutes "unsubstantiated."
And a memo from his communications director to supporters obtained by CNN on Friday questioned both the source - "the right wing blogosphere" - and the timing - "the first attacks were unleashed just days before the November elections" - of the claims.
Inquiry from a number of news outlets, including The Washington Post, have recently turned up other developments, including claims Menendez spoke to Medicare officials about a billing issue involving a friend, campaign donor and ophthalmologist, Dr. Salomon Melgen.
"We asked questions," he said in the Univision interview. "There is a great difference between asking questions regarding the policies of Medicare and the confusing situation regarding the regulations and positions that Medicare has adopted, and actually interfering in a case. Whoever thinks I could interfere with a case to change the outcome of a case, it's absurd."
When pressed, he said he had thought the government was conducting an "administrative process" rather than an investigation.
Investigators recently removed boxes from Melgen's South Florida office but it was not clear what the purpose of that investigation was nor if Menendez was included in the scope of the investigation.
Menendez also denied wrongdoing relating to his advocacy for ICSSI, a company that had a port security deal with the Dominican Republican. He owned stock in the company.
"Nobody has bought me," he said. "No one. Ever. In the 20 years I've been in Congress, never has it been suggested that that could even be possible. Never in 40 years of public life. So I'm not going to reach this moment in my life to make that a possibility."
At a congressional hearing last summer Menendez questioned U.S. officials about the contract said the Dominican Republic was not interested in following it. That reference, he told Univision, was "only a mention inside a large hearing with a lot more time and lot of other mentions," not an attempt to advocate for the port company.
An editorial published Saturday in The New York Times urged Menendez step down from his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while an inquiry is conducted into "the swirling accusations of misconduct."
He ascended to that spot this year upon the resignation of John Kerry, who now serves as secretary of state. The Times wrote he "was never a distinguished choice for chairman" and should not serve until the questions are resolved.
"It is unclear whether the Senate Ethics Committee has initiated a formal inquiry into Mr. Menendez's conduct, but a prompt and thorough review is surely called for. In the meantime, Mr. Menendez needs to relinquish his leadership role, at least temporarily," the editorial read.
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In 2006, we began a multi-year effort to evaluate the possibility of transitioning from a regularly conducted telephone survey of general public satisfaction with Oregon transportation services to either a mail-only or Web-plus-mail mixed-mode design. Two primary objectives were: 1) to identify ways to counter the trend toward lower telephone survey response rates and 2) to evaluate the impact of alternative designs on data quality.
Three experiments were conducted for which unit response rates analyses have been reported elsewhere (Lesser and Newton, 2007; Lesser et al., 2011a; Lesser et al., 2011b). In this study, we consider whether switching from telephone to mail or a combination of mail and Web will have a deleterious effect on item nonresponse, as previous research has suggested (e.g., de Leeuw et al., 2003).
Thus, our purpose is to examine overall item nonresponse rates for each of the individual modes and mode combinations. Implications for replacing telephone by these alternatives are also discussed.
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YNet reports on a poor prescription tool used by Ultra Orthodox Jewish men who want to avoid seeing women they consider to be immodestly dressed:
The ultra-Orthodox community's unofficial "modesty patrols" are selling glasses with special blur-inducing stickers on their lenses. The glasses provide clear vision for up to a few meters so as not to impede movement, but anything beyond that gets blurry – including women. It's not known how many have been sold.
For men forced to venture outside their insular communities, hoods and shields that block peripheral vision are also being offered.
The glasses are going for the "modest" price of $6.
For some reason, I don't see these blurring glasses becoming the next fashion statement of NBA stars.
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Blogging from the road on a three-day drive across the country has proven a bit more difficult than anticipated. Time to get caught up on what's been happening in the world not involving Paul Ryan.
August 11, 2012 | 9:48 am
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It's been a taxing last two weeks getting my family's affairs in order and boxing up our place. At midnight last night, my co-pilot (aka my dad) and I jumped on the 10 and started driving east. Destination: Miami, where I'll be working for the next year (and where there is an eclectic mix of religious communities).
The move has thus far taken a lot more out of me than expected, evident in the all-quiet nature of The God Blog the past few days. I'll be updating from the road; hopefully they have data networks in western Texas. Posting over the next three days will probably be like it was during the California bar exam: sporadic.
August 7, 2012 | 2:19 pm
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And if you want to know what the nuts at Westboro Baptist Church had to say about the murder of six people who didn't share the Westboro belief system, here is what Westboro leader Fred Phelps tweeted:
Beautiful work of an angry God who told Wisconsin to keep their filthy hands off his people (WBC)!
— Fred Phelps Jr (@WBCFredJr) August 5, 2012#godsenttheshooter!m.cnn.com/primary/wk_art…
This comment defies both comprehension and any vestige of compassion. It's getting difficult to even know how to respond to Westboro Baptist; it seems to be turning into an even more extreme caricature of itself.
August 7, 2012 | 12:04 pm
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One of those unfinished project from my days as senior writer at The Jewish Journal was a piece on Southern California skinheads and neo-Nazis. I did the piece about the academic that white supremacists love, but I never finished an "American History X"-type piece.
The reasons such a piece would be of interest to L.A.'s Jewish community are fairly obvious—specifically years of run-ins with white supremacists and some targeted attacks on Jews. It would have been less obvious to me why, say, the Sikh community would be interested in such a story.
That is no longer the case. Sunday, Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran and known white supremacist, allegedly opened fire in a Sikh temple, killing six.
There has been a long history of hate-based attacks on Sikhs, who bare long beards and turbans, and carry a small dagger (as is required by their religion). They are a peaceful, and misunderstood, religion.
Page, on the other hand, reportedly was not:
Page, who lived in a neighboring community, served in the military from 1992 to 1998, received a "general discharge" and was "ineligible for reenlistment." A Pentagon official said Page rose to the rank of sergeant before being demoted to specialist and leaving the Army. News agencies reported that Page, who was never posted overseas during his six years of service, was discharged for being drunk on duty and other unspecified misconduct.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that monitors hate groups, Page was a "frustrated neo-Nazi who had been the leader of a racist white-power band." He had been "part of the white power music scene since 2000," when he left his native Colorado on a motorcycle, attended white power concerts in several states and played in a variety of "hate rock bands," the center said, citing a 2010 interview Page gave to a white supremacist Web site about his latest skinhead band, "End Apathy."
One question that always gets asks after mass shootings, particularly against a specific group of people, is whether the shooter was a lone wolf or part of a pack.
But you also have to ask what this tragedy will mean for the families left grieving, and for the community that now might wonder just how safe their temples are.
August 7, 2012 | 11:56 am
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
Aly Raisman is quickly making American Jews forget about their former golden girl of gymnastics, Kerri Strug. Not only does Raisman perform her floor exercises to "Hava Nagila," but today she took home the gold at the London Olympics.
From CBS News:
Perhaps energized by her surprise bronze on beam, Raisman's floor routine had an extra spark. Her tumbling passes were some of the most difficult, and she got such great height on them you could have parked a double-decker bus beneath her. Her landings were not only secure, one was so powerful it practically shook the floor.
Coach Mihai Brestyan was hopping up and down and pumping his fist as she finished, and even Raisman was impressed with herself, mouthing "wow" after she saluted the judges. When her score, a 15.6, was posted, teammate McKayla Maroney yelled "whoa!" so loudly from the stands it could be heard across the arena.
August 5, 2012 | 11:46 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
In his new book, "Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion," philosophy professor Steven Gimbel talks about how Jewish thinking laid a foundation for Einstein's breakthrough Theory of Relativity. The New York Times reviewed Gimbel's book Friday and summarized it this way:
Einstein, Gimbel argues, was especially well put to come upon such insights because he was a Jew. Gimbel is not saying that Einstein was deeply religious. When he talked about "the secrets of the Old One" or God playing dice, he was being a little ironic, using the idea of a deity he didn't believe in as a metaphor for the laws of the universe. Nor does Gimbel find any particularly Jewish ideas in Einstein's science or signs that, as the Nazis contended, it was politically motivated. I don't think many will need convincing on those points. But Gimbel is an engaging writer. In demonstrating the obvious, he takes readers on enlightening excursions through the nature of Judaism, Hegelian philosophy, wherever his curiosity leads.
Listen to Gimbel talk about his book in the above video.
August 5, 2012 | 9:31 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
A celebration of Siyum HaShas at MetLife Stadium last week was the "largest celebration of Jewish learning since the destruction of the Second Temple." I'm a bit behind on this story, but if you haven't seen it, here's the word from JTA:
The excitement was evident in the furrowed brows of concentration on congregants' faces during the prayer services, in the impassioned speeches onstage, and during the heady singing and dancing that followed the end of the special Kaddish marking the completion of the Talmud.
"Fortunate is the person who sees, who experiences, this great gathering," declared Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz, the emcee of the Siyum HaShas. "Try to visualize the singing and dancing that's going on right now in shamayim [heaven] watching tens of thousands celebrating the masechtos [tractates] they worked on so diligently!"
For the organizers of the Siyum, the event was an opportunity to showcase the strength of so-called Torah Judaism and its resurgence in America following the Holocaust. Indeed, the Holocaust was the first subject that the chairman of the event, Elly Kleinman of Agudath Israel of America, talked about in the night's opening speech, and the Jews' survival and religious resurrection since the Nazis was a recurrent theme throughout the evening.
But the night's official theme was Jewish unity, something one speaker tried to hammer home with a remark about the lure of the Daf Yomi for all Jews: those with black hats, shtreimels, knit yarmulkes and even baseball caps, he said.
That description, of course, left out a few slices of the Jewish community, even if it covered pretty much everyone at Wednesday's Siyum celebration (except the few thousand women relegated to an upper tier).
Yet, despite the challenges of doing the Daf Yomi – moving at a relentless pace through thousands of pages of dense argumentation covering complex Jewish legal matters and odd tales narrated without punctuation in an arcane language – daily Talmud study is spreading beyond the confines of those categorized by Orthodox headgear.
In some cases, it's happening in very unorthodox ways.
More details here.
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A leading right wing group unveiled their rankings of the most conservative members of Congress Thursday, and some prominent Republicans -- including Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul -- came out at the top of the list.
The American Conservative Union's list for 2012 also singled out the least conservative members of Congress, including some moderate Republicans who scored among Democrats.
In the ACU's rankings, which are derived from how members voted on key measures, seven GOP senators emerged with perfect scores: Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, John Kyl of Arizona, Mike Lee of Utah, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
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- Adverse reaction to the anesthesia including lightheadedness, low blood pressure, or wheezing
- Infection
- Excess bleeding
- Swelling
- Recurrence of spermatocele
- Damage to the epididymis, which can increase risk of infertility
- Nerve injury or damage to surrounding tissue or structures
Smoking may increase the risk of complications.
Talk to your doctor about these risks before the procedure.
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Your doctor may do the following:
- Perform a physical exam
- Blood, urine, or imaging tests
- Ask about your medical history
Talk to your doctor about any medicines you are taking. Do not start taking any new medicines, herbs, or supplements without talking to your doctor. You may be asked to stop taking some medicines up to one week before the procedure. This may include medications such as:
- Anti-inflammatory medications
- Blood thinners
- Anti-platelet medications
Arrange for a ride home from the hospital. Arrange for help at home as your recover.
The night before your surgery, eat a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight unless told otherwise by your doctor.
The procedure is done under local or general anesthesia. You will be asleep or sedated. You will not feel any pain.
Description of Procedure
Once you are asleep or sedated, a small incision will be made in your scrotum. The spermatocele will be located and removed from the epididymis. Absorbable sutures will be used to close the area.
How Long Will It Take?
Less than one hour
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia prevents pain during surgery. As you recover, you may have some pain. Your doctor will give you pain medicine.
Post-procedure Care
After the procedure, the staff may provide the following care:
- Pain medicines and IV fluids
- Ice pack
- Scrotum support
You will be able to leave the hospital when you have recovered from the anesthesia and can walk.
When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
- Take pain medicine as directed.
- Apply ice packs to the area to reduce swelling and pain.
- Use rolled towels to elevate the area when you are in bed. Your doctor may also recommend that you wear snug-fitting underwear or a jock strap for a few days.
- Avoid strenuous activity until told it is safe by your doctor.
- Do not drive or have sex until your doctor says it is safe to do so.
- Keep bandages in place as directed by your doctor.
- Ask your doctor about when it is safe to shower, bathe, or soak in water.
- Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions.
- See your doctor for follow-up.
Call Your Doctor
After arriving home, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- Increasing pain, redness, or swelling at incision site
- Drainage, bleeding, or odor from incision site
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
In case of an emergency, call for medical help right away.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Adrienne Carmack, MD
- Review Date: 06/2013 -
- Update Date: 06/24/2013 -