OBJECTIVE To review the evolution of the procedure, the reoperation rate and efficacy data for vasectomies performed in Marie Stopes centres during the periods 1990-1994 and 1995-1999. DESIGN Retrospective review of re-operation rates and primary and secondary failures during the periods 1990-1994 and 1995-1999. SETTING Marie Stopes vasectomy centres in the UK. PARTICIPANTS A total of 41 ...

Nucleoprotamines are a normal component of human sperm cells. Antibodies against these protamines develop in 22 to 33 per cent of patients undergoing elective vasectomy. These antibodies, in turn, have been shown to cross-react with medicinal protamines, which are extracted commercially from the testes of salmon and certain other fish. This cross-reactivity against protamines raises the possibi...

Although models of high-quality family planning services for men exist in Latin America, few if any have been organized within the complex and resource-constrained national public health systems. This study provides evidence from the Santa Barbara project in southern Brazil showing how vasectomy was introduced into the municipal health system. It demonstrates that once the necessary operational...

It is estimated that 3-6% of all vasectomised men request vasectomy reversal for different reasons. Microsurgical vasovasostomy is the gold standard technique of vasectomy reversal. However, the microsurgical technique is time-consuming and challenging to most urological surgeons. Therefore, alternative methods of vasal anastomosis have been studied including robotic-assisted vasovasostomy. Thi...

Sterilization: The world’s most widely used method Sterilization is the world’s most widely used contraceptive method, in developing and developed countries alike. It accounts for nearly half of all contraceptive use. Today, one out of four couples worldwide use sterilization as their family planning method. However, the number of female sterilization users exceeds the number of vasectomy users...

UNLABELLED Study Type - Outcomes (cohort series). Level of Evidence 2b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Microsurgical vasectomy reversal is an effective and cost-effective method of reinstating fertility in a man who has previously had a vasectomy. The current literature indicates that the success rate (i.e. potency and pregnancy rates) are dependent primarily on the ti...

This article interrogates the modes by which cultural constructions of male contraceptive use emerge in Costa Rica by analyzing men's narratives of vasectomy. Drawing on ethnographic research data, I examine men's contraceptive decision making and perspectives on vasectomy and specify the ways they work through their vasectomy to rearticulate the relationship between masculinity and contracepti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the magnitude and range of complications encountered during no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) and to identify any limiting factor or contraindication to NSV. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 4255 men visiting a family welfare clinic of a city hospital in Delhi, India, or outpatients of the surgery department, opted for NSV; 4253 procedures were performed from September 1989 to D...