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Vasectomy: AUA Guideline
Ira D. Sharlip,Arnold M. Belker,Stanton J. Honig,Michel Labrecque,Joel L. Marmar,Lawrence S. Ross,Jay I. Sandlow,David C. Sokal +7 more
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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.About:
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.read more
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An automated smartphone-based diagnostic assay for point-of-care semen analysis
Manoj Kumar Kanakasabapathy,Magesh Sadasivam,Anupriya Singh,Collin Preston,Prudhvi Thirumalaraju,Maanasa Venkataraman,Charles L. Bormann,Mohamed Shehata Draz,John C. Petrozza,Hadi Shafiee,Hadi Shafiee +10 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a low-cost smartphone accessory can be used for home-based male infertility screening and suggested that the integration of microfluidics, optical sensing accessories, and advances in consumer electronics, particularly smartphone capabilities, can make remote semen quality testing accessible to people in both developed and developing countries who have access to smartphones.
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Home sperm testing device versus laboratory sperm quality analyzer: comparison of motile sperm concentration
Ashok Agarwal,Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam,Rakesh Sharma,Kruyanshi Master,Aditi Sharma,Sajal Gupta,Ralf Henkel,Ralf Henkel +7 more
TL;DR: The smartphone-based YO Home Sperm Test has a high level of accuracy and precision when compared with the SQA-Vision, which supports its use as an effective home sperm test for screening "low" and "moderate/normal" MSC cases.
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Cost Consideration in the Clinical Guidance Documents of Physician Specialty Societies in the United States
TL;DR: The approach to consideration of cost in publicly available clinical guidance documents and methodological statements produced between 2008 and 2012 by the 30 largest US physician specialty societies are evaluated to demonstrate greater transparency and rigor in their approach to cost consideration in documents meant to influence care decisions.
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Male contraception: history and development.
Paul Kogan,Moshe Wald +1 more
TL;DR: The currently available, soon to be available, and theoretically possible methods of male contraception are reviewed.
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Provision of Contraception: Key Recommendations from the CDC
TL;DR: All patients-including adolescents; those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; and patients with disabilities or limited English proficiency-should receive high-quality care in an accommodating, nonjudgmental environment.
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Effectiveness and Complications Associated With 2 Vasectomy Occlusion Techniques
TL;DR: Cautery and interposition with an open testicular end are much more effective than clipping and excision in vasectomy occlusion techniques, and the effectiveness and morbidity associated with the components of the cautery, interposition and openTesticular end technique need further evaluation.
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A longitudinal study of the psycho-social effects of vasectomy.
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that 35 of 48 men who had vasectomy completed follow-up Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI) and questionnaires between 1 and 2 years after the operation.
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Long-term effects of vasectomy on pituitary-gonadal function in man.
TL;DR: Plasma concentrations of testosterone (T), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH) and percent binding of T to plasma protein (TB) were studied in normal fertile men and in 81 men who had undergone vasectomy from 1 to 5 yr earlier.
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A comparative study of the no scalpel and standard incision approaches to vasectomy in 5 countries
TL;DR: The no scalpel approach is an important advance in the surgical approach to vasectomy, and offers fewer side effects and greater comfort compared to the standard incision technique, without compromising efficacy.
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One Thousand Vasectomies
Marian N. Barnes,J. P. Blandy,H. R. England,George Gunn,Geraldine Howard,Barbara Law,Bridgett Mason,Jean Medawar,C.L. Reynolds,R. J. Shearer,M. Singh,Dorothy G. Stanley-Roose +11 more
TL;DR: In a prospective study of 1,000 people treated by vasectomy at the Margaret Pyke Centre under local anaesthesia as outpatients minor sepsis occurred in 12 cases, an abscess in one, and haematoma needing drainage in seven.