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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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Temporary reappearance of sperm 12 months after vasectomy clearance
TL;DR: In this paper, a prospective study was conducted to determine the incidence of positive semen analysis 12 months after vasectomy clearance, and the results showed that the number of men who had positive semen analyses was 18 times higher than the reported pregnancy rate following successful vasectomy.
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Effectiveness of vasectomy using cautery
TL;DR: In settings where semen analysis is not practical, using 12 weeks as a guideline for when men can rely on their vasectomy should lessen the risk of failure compared to using a guideline of 20 ejaculations after vasectomy.
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Cancer and cardiovascular disease after vasectomy: an epidemiological database study
TL;DR: The findings add to the evidence that vasectomy is not associated with an increase in the long-term risk of cancer or cardiovascular disease, as measured as a rate ratio.
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Clinical and Consumer Trial Performance of a Sensitive Immunodiagnostic Home Test That Qualitatively Detects Low Concentrations of Sperm Following Vasectomy
Kenneth L. Klotz,Michael A. Coppola,Michel Labrecque,Victor M. Brugh,Kim Ramsey,Kyung-ah Kim,Mark R. Conaway,Stuart S. Howards,Charles J. Flickinger,John C. Herr +9 more
TL;DR: SpermCheck Vasectomy, a simple and reliable immunodiagnostic test that can provide evidence of vasectomy success or failure, offers a useful alternative to improve compliance with post-vasectomy sperm monitoring.
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Lethal Fournier's gangrene following vasectomy.
TL;DR: A case is presented of a healthy young man who had Fournier's gangrene after standard bilateral vasectomy, which was lethal despite maximal treatment, including extensive necrectomy and broad-spectrum antibiotics.