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Vasectomy: AUA Guideline

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This guideline was peer reviewed by 55 independent experts during the guideline development process and recommended that vasectomy be considered for permanent contraception much more frequently than is the current practice in the U.S. and many other nations.
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This article is published in The Journal of Urology.The article was published on 2012-12-01. It has received 157 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Guideline & Vasectomy.

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Vasectomy and Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

TL;DR: In this article , the authors performed a systematic review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRA) and found an association between vasectomy and the risk of developing localized prostate cancer without being able to determine whether the procedure leads to a higher prostate cancer incidence.
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UPDATE - 2022 Canadian Urological Association best practice report: Vasectomy.

TL;DR: The objective was to review the evidence around the use of long-term urinary catheters in patients with chronic conditions and make practice recommendations for physicians in Canada who manage catheter usage in this population.
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Rethinking the value of sending vasectomy specimens for histologic examination: an analysis of arterial vasculature and failure to transect the vas deferens.

TL;DR: In this paper, the luminal diameter of the largest artery was measured microscopically in 231 consecutive VD specimens from 116 patients and the failure to transect the vas deferens was assessed.
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Vasectomy and vasectomy reversal: a comprehensive approach to the evolving spectrum of care

TL;DR: In this paper, four author groups detail important new developments in vasectomy clinical practice guidelines, emerging and investigational techniques in the fields of hormonal and non-hormonal male contraception, useful paradigms for patient care when deciding between sperm extraction with in vitro fertilization and vasectomy reversal, and finally, a state-of-the-art overview of recent developments in microsurgery.

A follow-up study of the effects of vasectomy on sexual behavior.

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TL;DR: It was decided to separately interview both husband and wife in order to observe the degree of discrepancy between the partners, to check the data, and also to determine how each partner perceived the effects of vasectomy on the other.
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The Delphi Technique: Making Sense of Consensus

TL;DR: The Delphi technique is well suited as a method for consensus-building by using a series of questionnaires delivered using multiple iterations to collect data from a panel of selected subjects.

Fertility, family planning, and reproductive health of U.S. Women: Data from the 2002 national survey of family growth

TL;DR: National estimates of fertility, family planning, and reproductive health indicators among females 15-44 years of age in the United States in 2002 from Cycle 6 of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG).
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Aetiology of testicular cancer: association with congenital abnormalities, age at puberty, infertility, and exercise

TL;DR: This study confirms previous reports that developmental urogenital abnormalities result in an increased risk of testicular cancer and suggests the trend to perform orchidopexy at younger ages may reduce the risk associated with undescended testis.
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Cost effectiveness of contraceptives in the United States.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Markov model was constructed to simulate costs for 16 contraceptive methods and no method over a 5-year period, and sensitivity analyses were performed on costs and failure rates.
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