March Madness Bargain: Vasectomies

Are you planning to have a vasectomy? Urologists say March Madness is a perfect time to recover from the procedure.

Urologists say men should get vasectomies three days before the college basketball tournament begins. They've been encouraging men to go by this timetable for years.

That way, they'll have an excuse to sit and front of the TV and watch the games all in the name of recuperation.

(Scroll down to see this report from CBS News station WBMM-TV.)

Doctors at one Chicagoland urology clinic are even throwing in freebies.

The doctors at 21st Century Urology in Orland Park are offering free pizza and a free bag of frozen peas to help reduce the swelling.

"Just think, the perfect excuse to sit around, relax, and enjoy the games!" the clinic writes on its Web site.

The clinic has also been advertising their pizza-and-peas promotion on Chicago sports radio.

The urologists at the clinic, Dr. Robert Bonzani and Dr. Tony Mammen, bill themselves on their Facebook page. They specialize in vasectomies that don't require scalpels.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development says a total of about 50 million men have undergone a vasectomy, which corresponds to about 5 percent of all married couples of reproductive age worldwide.