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Vasectomy illustrated
Author(s) -
Shergill Iqbal,
Arya Manit,
Muneer Asif
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2012.11007.x
Subject(s) - medicine , university hospital , library science , family medicine , computer science
Vasectomy is the most effective form of male sterilisation and is performed worldwide by urologists, general surgeons and family practitioners [ 1 ] . Various techniques for vasectomy have been described, but the underlying principle is to remove a satisfactory segment of the vas deferens, followed by closure of the proximal and distal ends, to ensure that the patient achieves azoospermia whilst minimising the chances for late re-canalisation. Importantly, whilst vasectomy is widely recognised as a very cost-effective form of male sterilisation, it has been implicated as one of the fi ve most common procedures after which litigation may result [ 2 ] .