How reliable is a vasectomy? Long-term follow-up of vasectomised men

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9223, 2000, Pages 43-44

  Haldar, N ^a   Cranston, D ^a   Turner, E ^a   MacKenzie, I ^a   Guillebaud, J ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STANDARD; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VASECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0034218435     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02436-3     Document Type: Article

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