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A LOW‐POWER MAGNIFICATION TECHNIQUE FOR THE RE‐ANASTOMOSIS OF THE VAS ‐ FURTHER RESULTS IN A PERSONAL SERIES OF 125 PATIENTS
Author(s) -
UrquhartHay D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1984.tb06689.x
Subject(s) - medicine , magnification , vasectomy , anastomosis , surgery , vasovasostomy , male sterilization , blood supply , lumen (anatomy) , population , research methodology , family planning , computer science , computer vision , environmental health
In 125 patients undergoing reversal of an earlier bilateral vasectomy, a simple technique of re‐anastomosis of each divided vas, using low‐power magnification (X 3.5) was used. In 51% of couples a normal pregnancy followed and 86% of the males had a sperm count greater than 20 million ml 1 , These results compare quite favourably with those obtained using more sophisticated microsurgical techniques.