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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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Immune-related disease before and after vasectomy: an epidemiological database study
TL;DR: No evidence that vasectomy increases the subsequent long-term risk of immune-related diseases is found in this large study, with many years of follow-up.
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Percutaneous Vasectomy: A Simple Modification Eliminates the Steep Learning Curve of No-Scalpel Vasectomy
TL;DR: Percutaneous vasectomy is a minimally invasive option for permanent male sterilization that avoids the difficult aspects of no-scalpel vasectomy.
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Vasectomy and subsequent cardiovascular disease in US physicians.
JoAnn E. Manson,JoAnn E. Manson,Paul M. Ridker,Angela Spelsberg,Umed A. Ajani,Paulo A. Lotufo,Charles H. Hennekens,Charles H. Hennekens +7 more
TL;DR: Results provide reassuring evidence that vasectomy does not materially increase the risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, even 15 or more years following the procedure.
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Health Status of American Men--a study of post-vasectomy sequelae.
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A follow-up study of the effects of vasectomy on sexual behavior.
M. Freund,J. E. Davis +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors follow up the couples in their vasectomy series in order to determine what effects, if any, vasectomy had on their sexual activity and what their perception was of the influence of the operation.