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Vasography, its Indications and Complications
Author(s) -
PAYNE S. R.,
PRYOR J. P.,
PARKS C. M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1985.tb06427.x
Subject(s) - vas deferens , incidence (geometry) , infertility , medicine , male infertility , azoospermia , gynecology , sex organ , radiological weapon , retrospective cohort study , genital tract , surgery , physiology , anatomy , pregnancy , biology , physics , genetics , optics
Summary— A retrospective study was undertaken of the results of vasography in 440 male partners of infertile marriages who had undergone scrotal exploration and in a group of 42 men with a variety of genital tract disorders. Abnormalities were observed in 10% of 265 azoospermic men and in 4% of 175 other men with infertility. There was no evidence that vasography caused damage to the vas deferens and no oligozoospermic man became azoospermic. A high incidence radiological of abnormalities was seen in haemospermia but the incidence of abnormalities in selected men with ejaculatory problems or testicular pain was low.