Microsurgical vasovasostomy for the treatment of intractable chronic scrotal pain after vasectomy
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Microsurgical vasovasostomy for the treatment of intractable chronic scrotal pain after vasectomy.
Dear Editor, We present herein two rare cases of intractable chronic scrotal pain after vasectomy. The patients were effectively treated with microsurgical vasovasostomy (MVV). We also discuss the possible aetiologies of the pain and other surgical options. Vasectomy was once the most common method of permanent contraception for men in both China and worldwide. One particularly distressing comp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Andrology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1008-682X,1745-7262
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2013.76